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Managerial accounting questions P4-26 and P4-27

Managerial accounting questions

Problem 4-26  Straightforward Weighted Average Process Costing,  Step-by-Step Approach

Piscataway Plastics Company manufactures a highly specialized plastic that is used extensively in the automobile industry. The following data have been compiled for the month of June. Conversion activity occurs uniformly throughout the production process.

Work in process, June 1—50,000 units:                                                                      50,000
     Direct material: 100% complete cost of                                                      120,000
     Conversion: 40% complete, cost of                                                                        34,400
          Balance in work in process, June 1                                                        154,400
Units started during June                                                                                 200,000
Units completed during June and transferred out to finished-goods inventory            190,000
     Work in process, June 30:
          Direct material: 100% complete
          Conversion: 60% complete

Costs incurred during June:
     Direct material                                                                                            492,500
    
Conversion costs:
          Direct labor.                                                                                           87,450
Applied manufacturing overhead                                                        262,350
          Total conversion costs                                                                           349,800

Required:
Prepare schedules to accomplish each of the following process-costing steps for the month
1. Analysis of physical flow of units.
2. Calculation of equivalent units.
3. Computation of unit costs.
4. Analysis o f t otal c osts.


Problem 4-27  Missing Data; Production Report; Weighted-Average

The following data pertain to the Vesuvius Tile Company for July.
Work in process, July 1 (in units)
20000
Units started during July
?
Total units to account for
65000
Units completed and transferred out during July
?
Work in process, July 31 (in units)
15000
Total equivalent units: direct material
65000
Total equivalent units: conversion
?
Work in process, July 1: direct material
164400
Work in process, July 1: conversion
?
Costs incurred during July: direct material
?
Costs incurred during July: conversion
659400
Work in process, July 1: total cost
244200
Total costs incurred during July
1031250
Total costs to account for
1275450
Cost per equivalent unit: direct material
8.25
Cost per equivalent unit: conversion
?
Total cost per equivalent unit
21.45
Cost of goods completed and transfered out during July
?
Cost remaining in ending work-in-process inventory: direct material
?
Cost remaining in ending work-in-process inventory: conversion
79200
Total cost of July 31 work in process
202950

Additional Information:
a. Direct material is added at the beginning of the production process, and conversion activity occurs
uniformly throughout the process.
b. The company uses weighted-average process costing.
c. The July 1 work in process was 30 percent complete as to conversion.
d. The July 31 work in process was 40 percent complete as to conversion.


TUTORIAL PREVIEW
The missing amounts are shown below. A completed production report follows.
Units started during July
45,000
Units completed and transferred out during July
50,000
Total equivalent units: conversion
56,000



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