Clyde’s Pets manufactures chewing bones for puppies. At the end of December 2008, his accounting records showed the following: Inventories Beginning Ending Materials $13.500 $9,000 Work in process $0 $1250 Finished goods $0 $5,700 Other information: Direct material purchases $31,000 Utilities for plant $4,500 Plant janitorial service $1250 Rent on plant $9,000 Sales salaries expense $5000 Customer service hotline expense $1000 Delivery expense $1500 Direct labour $18,000 Sales revenue $105,000 Requirements: i) Prepare a schedule of cost of goods manufactured for the year ended December 31, 2008 ii) Prepare an income statement for Clyde’s Pets for the year ended December 31, 2008 iii) Given that the company manufactured 17,500 units, of its product in 2008, compute the company’s unit product cost for the year.
Variance Analysis
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Standard Costing
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Clyde’s Pets manufactures chewing bones for puppies. At the end of December 2008,
his accounting records showed the following:
Inventories Beginning Ending
Materials $13.500 $9,000
Work in process $0 $1250
Finished goods $0 $5,700
Other information:
Direct material purchases $31,000 Utilities for plant $4,500
Plant janitorial service $1250 Rent on plant $9,000
Sales salaries expense $5000 Customer service hotline expense $1000
Delivery expense $1500 Direct labour $18,000
Sales revenue $105,000
Requirements:
i) Prepare a schedule of cost of goods manufactured for the year ended December
31, 2008
ii) Prepare an income statement for Clyde’s Pets for the year ended December 31,
2008
iii) Given that the company manufactured 17,500 units, of its product in 2008,
compute the company’s unit product cost for the year.
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