ChemKill Manufacturing produces a chemical pesticide and uses process costing. There are three processing departments—Mixing, Refining, and Packaging. On January 1, the first department—Mixing—had a zero beginning balance. During January, 44,000 gallons of chemicals were started into production. During the month, 34,000 gallons were completed, and 10,000 remained in process, partially completed. In the Mixing Department, all direct materials are added at the beginning of the production process, and conversion costs are applied evenly throughout the process. During January, the Mixing Department incurred $51,000 in direct materials costs and $210,200 in conversion costs. At the end of the month, the ending inventory in the Mixing Department was 60% complete with respect to conversion costs. The weighted−average method is used. The total cost of the chemical pesticide in ending inventory was ________. (Round any intermediate calculations two decimal places, and your final answer to the nearest dollar.) A. $51,000 B. $210,200 C. $43,160 D. $261,200
Process Costing
Process costing is a sort of operation costing which is employed to determine the value of a product at each process or stage of producing process, applicable where goods produced from a series of continuous operations or procedure.
Job Costing
Job costing is adhesive costs of each and every job involved in the production processes. It is an accounting measure. It is a method which determines the cost of specific jobs, which are performed according to the consumer’s specifications. Job costing is possible only in businesses where the production is done as per the customer’s requirement. For example, some customers order to manufacture furniture as per their needs.
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.
The value of a company's ending inventory, which is often referred to as closing inventory, refers to the items that are still in stock and available for sale at the conclusion of a certain accounting period. The calculation of a company's final inventory is an essential task for organizations in almost every sector.
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