During April, 30,000 units were transferred in from Department A at a cost of Rs. 69,000. Materials cost of Rs. 15,000 and conversion cost of Rs. 12,780 were added in Department B. on April 30, Department B had 8,000 units of work in process 80% complete as to conversion cost. Materials are added in the beginning of process in Department B.
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.
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During April, 30,000 units were transferred in from Department A at a cost of Rs. 69,000. Materials cost of Rs. 15,000 and conversion cost of Rs. 12,780 were added in Department B. on April 30, Department B had 8,000 units of work in process 80% complete as to conversion cost. Materials are added in the beginning of process in Department B.
The cost of work in process at April 30, would be:
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