In: Accounting
CloverSweet Inc. manufactures a product that goes through two departments prior to completion. The information shown in the table below is available about work in the first department, the Mixing Department, during June:
Percent Complete | |||||||||
Units | Materials | Conversion | |||||||
Work in process, beginning | 52,000 | 75 | % | 30 | % | ||||
Started into production | 450,000 | ||||||||
Completed and transferred out | 400,000 | ||||||||
Work in process, ending | 102,000 | 60 | % | 40 | % | ||||
Materials |
Conversion |
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Work in process, beginning | $ | 47,500 | $ | 27,000 | |||||
Cost added during June | $ | 427,500 | $ | 147,000 | |||||
Required:
Assume that the company uses the weighted-average method.
1. Determine the equivalent units for June for the first process.
2. Compute the costs per equivalent unit for June for the first process. (Round your answers to 3 decimal places.)
3. Determine the total cost of ending work in process inventory and the total cost of units transferred to the next process in June. (Round intermediate calculations to 3 decimal places.)
4. Prepare a report that reconciles the total costs assigned to the ending work in process inventory and the units transferred out with the costs in beginning inventory and costs added during the period. (Round intermediate calculations to 3 decimal places.)
1 Equivalent unit of conversion of Cloversweet inc
= 400,000 + (102,000 × 40%) = 440,800 units
Equivalent unit of material of CloverSweer
= 400,000 + (102,000 × 60%) = 461,200 units
2 Cost per equivalent unit of material
= (427,500 + 47,500) / 461,200 = $1.03
Cost per unit of conversion of Cloversweet Inc
= (147,000 + 27,000) / 440,800 = $0.39
3 Cost of units transferred out
= (400,000 × 1.03) + (400,000 × 0.39) = $569,863
Cost of Ending inventory of Cloversweet
= (40,800 × 0.39) + (1.03 × 61,200) = $79,137
4 Cost reconciliation of CloverSweet
Particulars | units |
Beginning work in process | 74,500 |
Cost added during the period | 574,500 |
Total | 649,000 |
Cost allocated to ending inventory | 79,137 |
Cost allocated to units completed and transferred out | 569,863 |
Total | 649,000 |
Total cost of Cloversweet is $649,000, including beginning inventory $74,500 and cost added during the period $574,500.