Adirondack Mountain Springs produces a clean, crisp all natural spring feed bottled water. In the second department, the Bottling Department, conversion costs are incurred evenly throughout the bottling process, put packaging materials are not added until the end of the process. Costs in beginning Work-in-Process Inventory include transferred costs of $1,500, direct labor of $520, and manufacturing overhead of $360.
Process Costing
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Job Costing
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ABC Costing
Cost Accounting is a form of managerial accounting that helps the company in assessing the total variable cost so as to compute the cost of production. Cost accounting is generally used by the management so as to ensure better decision-making. In comparison to financial accounting, cost accounting has to follow a set standard ad can be used flexibly by the management as per their needs. The types of Cost Accounting include – Lean Accounting, Standard Costing, Marginal Costing and Activity Based Costing.
August data for the Bottling Department is as follows:
Adirondack Mountain Springs
| Units | Transferred In | Direct Materials | Direct Labor | Manufacturing Overhead | Total Costs | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beginning Work-in-Process Inventory 50% Complete | 4,000 | $1,500 | $520 | $360 | $2,380 | |
| Production started | 166,000 | $133,400 | $32,400 | $33,300 | $22,910 | $222,010 |
| Transferred out | 150,000 | |||||
| Ending Inventory 60% complete | 20,000 |
Prepare the production cost report for the Bottling Department for August.
(Round your answers to two decimal places when needed and use rounded answers for all future calculations).
Adirondack Mountain Springs
| Equivalent Units | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNITS | Whole Units | Transferred In | Direct Material | Conversion Costs |
| Units to account for: | ||||
| Beginning work-in-process | ||||
| Started in production | ||||
| Total units to account for | ||||
| Units accounted for: | ||||
| Completed and transferred out | ||||
| Ending work-in-process | ||||
| Total units accounted for |
Adirondack Mountain Springs
| COSTS | Transferred In | Direct Materials | Conversion Costs | Total Costs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Costs to account for: | ||||
| Beginning work-in-process | ||||
| Costs added during period | ||||
| Total costs to account for | ||||
| Divided by: Total EUP | ||||
| Cost per equivalent unit | ||||
| Costs accounted for: | ||||
| Completed and transferred out | ||||
| Ending work-in-process | ||||
| Total costs accounted for |
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