operating-income differences. Nascar Motors assembles and
sells motor vehicles and uses standard costing. Actual data
relating to April and May 2017 are as follows:
The selling price per vehicle is $24,000. The budgeted level
of production used to calculate the budgeted fixed manufacturing
cost per unit is 500 units. There are no price, efficiency, or
spending variances. Any production-volume variance is written off
to cost of goods sold in the month in which it occurs.
Required:
Prepare April and May 2017 income statements for Nascar Motors
under (a) variable costing and (b) absorption costing.
17-24Weighted-average method, equivalent units. The assembly
division of Quality Time Pieces, Inc. uses the weighted-average
method of process costing. Consider the following data for the
month of May 2017:
Physical Units (Watches)
Direct Materials
Conversion Costs
Beginning work in process (May 1)a
100
$ 459,888
$ 142,570
Started in May 2017
510
Completed during May 2017
450
Ending work in process (May 31)b
160
Total costs added during May 2017
$3,237,000
$1,916,000
a Degree of completion: direct materials, 80%; conversion
costs, 35%.
b Degree of completion: direct materials, 80%; conversion
costs, 40%.
1. Required:
Compute equivalent units for direct materials and conversion
costs. Show physical units in the first column of your
schedule.
17-25 Weighted-average method, assigning costs (continuation
of 17-24).
2. Required:
For the data in Exercise 17-24, summarize the total costs to
account for, calculate the cost per equivalent unit for direct
materials and conversion costs, and assign costs to the units
completed (and transferred out) and units in ending work in
process.
17-26FIFO method, equivalent units. Refer to the information
in Exercise 17-24. Suppose the assembly division at Quality Time
Pieces, Inc. uses the FIFO method of process costing instead of the
weighted-average method.
3. Required:
Compute equivalent units for direct materials and conversion
costs. Show physical units in the first column of your
schedule.
17-27FIFO method, assigning costs (continuation of
17-26).
4. Required:
For the data in Exercise 17-24, use the FIFO method to
summarize the total costs to account for, calculate the cost per
equivalent unit for direct materials and conversion costs, and
assign costs to units completed (and transferred out) and to units
in ending work in process.