Kansas manufacturing company uses a job-order costing system and started the month of October with a zero balance in its work in process and finished goods inventory accounts. During October, Kansas worked on three jobs and incurred the following direct costs on those jobs: Job B18 Job B19 Job C11 Direct materials $13,000 $25,000 $16,000 Direct labor $8,000 $10,000 $5,000 Kansas applies manufacturing overhead at a rate of 200% of direct labor cost. During October, Kansas completed Jobs B18 and B19 and sold Job B19. What is Kansas' work in process inventory balance at the end of October? $31,000 $30,500 $33,000 $43,000 None of the above.
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.
Kansas manufacturing company uses a
| Job B18 | Job B19 | Job C11 | |
| Direct materials | $13,000 | $25,000 | $16,000 |
| Direct labor | $8,000 | $10,000 | $5,000 |
Kansas applies manufacturing
What is Kansas' work in process inventory balance at the end of October?
$31,000
$30,500
$33,000
$43,000
None of the above.
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