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156. The cost of materials transferred into the Bottling Department of Mountain Springs Water Company is
$32,400, with $26,000 from the Purifying Department, plus additional $6,400 from the materials storeroom.
The conversion cost for the period in the Bottling Department is $8,750 ($3,750 factory applied and $5,000
direct labor.) The total costs transferred to finished goods for the period was $31,980. The Bottling Department
had a beginning inventory of $1,860.
a.
Journalize (1) the cost of transferred-in materials (2) conversion costs, and (3) the cost of transferred out to finished goods.
b.
Determine the balance of Work in Process-Bottling at the end of the period.
157. The cost of energy consumed in producing good units in the Bottling Department of Mountain Springs
Water Company was $36,850 and $39,060 for June and July, respectively. The number of equivalent units
produced in June and July was 55,000 and 62,000 liters respectively. Evaluate the change in the cost of energy
between the two months.
158. Amos Company’s molding department opened on October 1, 2012. During October, 35,000 units were
completed and transferred out to the next department. On October 31, 2012, the 9,000 units which remained in
inventory were 40% complete with respect to conversion costs and 100% complete with respect to materials.
Required:
How many equivalent units of work did the molding department complete during October for materials and
conversion costs?
159. Kamin Company’s mixing department had a beginning inventory of 4,000 units which had accumulated
conversion costs of $55,000. During the period, the mixing department accumulated conversion costs of
$92,000 and started 8,000 new units. Ending inventory was 2,500 units which were 40% complete with respect
to conversion costs. Kamin uses the average cost method to cost inventories.
Required:
Calculate the cost per equivalent unit for conversion costs in the mixing department.
160. Kramer Company started its production operations on August 1. During August, the printing department
completed 17,600 units. There were 4,400 units in ending inventory which were 80% complete with respect to
materials and 10% complete with respect to conversion costs. During August, the department accumulated
materials costs of $45,408 and conversion costs of $76,670.
Required:
a. Calculate the cost of the goods transferred out.
b. What is the value of the ending inventory?
Round intermediate computation to nearest cent.
161. On March 1, Upton Company’s packaging department had Work in Process inventory of
8,820 units, which had been transferred in from the finishing department. These units had accumulated costs of
$315,000 in previous departments and $16,000 for conversion costs in the packaging department.
During March, 30,000 units were transferred into the department. These units had
accumulated costs of $770,000 in the previous departments. The packaging department incurred $54,000 in
conversion costs during the month.
Seven hundred units remained in ending inventory on March 31. These units were 80% complete with respect
to conversion costs.
Required:
Calculate the cost per equivalent unit for transferred-in costs and for conversion costs for the packaging
department using the average cost method.
162. Match the following terms with their definitions.
1. Measures the quantity of output of production
2. Provides information for controlling and
cost of production
3. The portion of whole units that are complete with
just-in-time
4. Work centers for processing in a just in time
equivalent units of
5. Focuses on reducing time, cost, and poor quality
163. Match the correct term with the statement that describes it.
3. Costing system used by a company producing
direct labor and
4. Summary of the activity in a processing department
cost of production
5. Costing system used by a company producing by a
6. Costs incurred in a previous process that are carried
forward as part of the product’s cost when it moves to
direct labor and
7. A process costing method that costs each period’s
equivalent units of work with that period’s costs per
8. Measure of the work done during a production
period, expressed in terms of fully complete units of
164. The inventory at June 1 and costs charged to Work in Process - Department 60 during June are as follows:
3,800 units, 60% completed
$ 60,400
Direct materials, 32,000 units
378,000
Direct labor
274,000
Factory overhead
168,000
Total cost to be accounted for
$880,400
During June, 32,000 units were placed into production and 31,200 units were completed, including those in inventory on June 1. On June 30, the
inventory of work in process consisted of 4,600 units which were 85% completed. Inventories are costed by the first-in, first-out method and all
materials are added at the beginning of the process.
Determine the following, presenting your computations (Prepare your computations using unit cost data to four decimal places, i.e. $4.4444, to
minimize rounding differences):
(a)
equivalent units of production for conversion cost
(b)
conversion cost per equivalent unit
(c)
total and unit cost of finished goods started in prior period and completed in the current period
(d)
total and unit cost of finished goods started and completed in the current period
(e)
total cost of work in process inventory at June 30
165. The inventory at May 1 and the costs charged to Work in Process--Department B during May for Stella
Company are as follows:
Beginning WIP, 12,000 units, 60% completed
$ 62,400
From Department A, 55,000 units started this period
Direct materials added
115,500
Direct labor incurred
384,915
Factory overhead incurred
138,000
During May, all direct materials are transferred from Department A, the units in process at May 1 were completed, and of the 55,000 units entering
the department, all were completed except 6,000 units which were 70% completed. Inventories are costed by the first-in, first-out method.
Prepare a cost of production report for May. Round unit cost data to four decimal places and total cost to nearest cent.
Stella Company
Cost of Production Report--Department B
For the Month Ended May 31, 20--
Equivalent Units
UNITS
Whole
Units
Direct
Materials
Conversion
Units charged to production:
Inventory in process, May 1
12,000
Received from Department A
55,000
Total units accounted for by Dept. B
67,000
Units to be assigned costs:
Inventory in process, May 1
(60% completed)
12,000
0
4,800
Started and completed in May
49,000
49,000
49,000
Transferred to finished goods in May
61,000
49,000
53,800
Inventory in process, May 31
(70% complete)
6,000
6,000
4,200
Total units to be assigned costs
67,000
55,000
58,000
166. Zither Co. manufactures a product called Zens in a three-process series. All materials are introduced at the
beginning of the first process. Zither uses the first-in, first-out method of inventory costing. Unit and cost data
for the first process (Department A) for the month of October 2012 follow:
167. The inventory at April 1, 2012, and the costs charged to Work in Process--Department B during April for
Zarley Company are as follows:
1,200 units, 40% completed
$ 47,800
From Department A, 26,000 units
845,000
Direct labor
312,000
Factory overhead
176,770
During April, all direct materials are transferred from Department A, the units in process at April 1 were completed, and of the 26,000 units entering
the department, all were completed except 1,000 units which were 70% completed as to conversion costs. Inventories are costed by the first-in, first-
out method.
168. The inventory at April 1, 2012, and the costs charged to Work in Process--Department B during April for
Hawk Company are as follows:
500 units, 60% completed
$ 3,460
From Department A, 10,000 units
36,300
Direct labor
7,960
Factory overhead
12,500
During April, all direct materials are transferred from Department A, the units in process at April 1 were completed, and of the 10,000 units entering
the department, all were completed except 1,200 units which were 25% completed as to conversion costs. Inventories are costed by the first-in, first-
out method.
169. Information for the Sandy Manufacturing Company for the month of July 2012 is as follows:
Beginning work in process:
Cost of Inventory at process, July 1
$5,010
Units - 800
Direct materials = 100% complete
Conversion costs = 70% complete
Units started in July = 14,000
Costs charged to Work in Process during July:
Ending work in process inventory:
Direct materials costs = $57,400
Units = 1,500
Direct labor costs = 20,049
Direct materials = 100% complete
Factory overhead costs = 30,073
Conversion costs = 30% complete
Prepare a cost of production report for the month of July, using the FIFO method.
