In: Accounting
Austin Co. manufactures a product called Aster in a three-process series. All materials are introduced at the beginning of the first process. Austin uses the first-in, first-out method of inventory costing. Unit and cost data for the first process (Department A) for the month of December follow:
Units | Completion | Cost | |
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Work in process inventory: | |||
December 1 | 12,000 | 60% | $140,400 |
December 31 | 5,000 | 40% | ? |
Started in December: | 14,000 | ||
Direct materials cost | 106,400 | ||
Conversion cost | 70,310 | ||
Completed in December | 21,000 | ? |
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Prepare Austin's Department A cost of production report for December. Round cost per equivalent unit to two decimal places and the other answers to the nearest dollar. If an answer is zero, enter “0”. Prepare Austin's Department A cost of production report for December. Round cost per equivalent unit to two decimal places and the other answers to the nearest dollar. If an answer is zero, enter “0”.
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UNITS TO ACCOUNT FOR: | |||||||
Beginning Work in Process units | 12,000 | ||||||
Add: Units Started in Process | 14,000 | ||||||
Total Units to account for: | 26,000 | ||||||
Equivalent Units: | |||||||
Whole units | Material Cost | Conversion | |||||
% Completion | Units | % Completion | Units | ||||
Units completed from Beg. WIP | 12000 | 0% | 0 | 40% | 4,800 | ||
Units started and completed | 9000 | 100% | 9,000 | 100% | 9,000 | ||
Transferred to B deptt | 21000 | 9,000 | 13,800 | ||||
Ending Work in Process | 5000 | 100% | 5,000 | 40% | 2,000 | ||
Total Equivalent units | 14,000 | 15,800 | |||||
TOTAL COST TO ACCOUNT FOR: | |||||||
COST PER EQUIVALENT UNIT: | |||||||
Material | Conversion | ||||||
Total cost added during the year | 106,400 | 70,310 | |||||
Equivalent Units | 14,000 | 15,800 | |||||
Cost per Equivalent unit | 7.6 | 4.45 | |||||
Cost charged to production: | Material | Convesion | Total | ||||
Inventory in Beg. | 140400 | ||||||
Current cocst of manufacture | 176710 | ||||||
Total cost to be accounted for: | 317110 | ||||||
Cost allocated to completed and partially completed units: | |||||||
Inventory in Beg. | 140400 | ||||||
Cost to complete | 0 | 21360 | 21360 | ||||
Started and completed | 68400 | 40050 | 108450 | ||||
Transfrred to Molding | 270210 | ||||||
Inveentory in Mar31 | 38000 | 8900 | 46900 | ||||
Total cost assigned | 317110 |