Pureform, Inc., uses the FIFO method in its process costing system. It manufactures a product that passes through two departments Data for a recent month for the first department follow: Work in process inventory, beginning Units started in process Units transferred out Work in process inventory, ending Cost added during the month Units 79,000 Materials $ Labor Overhead 99,000 $ 34,200 $ 46,700 749,000 770,000 58,000 $1,297,800 $ 523,355 $ 598,120 The beginning work in process inventory was 80% complete with respect to materials and 65% complete with respect to labor and overhead. The ending work in process inventory was 60% complete with respect to materials and 50% complete with respect to la and overhead. Required: 1. Compute the first department's equivalent units of production for materials, labor, and overhead for the month. 2. Compute the first department's cost per equivalent unit for materials, labor, overhead, and in total for the month. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.) Answer is not complete. Materials Labor Overhead Total 1. Equivalent units of production 804,800 87,000 × 2. Cost per equivalent unit $ 2.84 $ 6.41
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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![Pureform, Inc., uses the FIFO method in its process costing system. It manufactures a product that passes through two departments.
Data for a recent month for the first department follow:
Work in process inventory, beginning
Units started in process
Units transferred out
Work in process inventory, ending
Cost added during the month
Units
Materials
79,000
$
Labor
Overhead
99,000 $ 34,200 $ 46,700
749,000
770,000
58,000
$1,297,800 $ 523,355 $ 598,120
The beginning work in process inventory was 80% complete with respect to materials and 65% complete with respect to labor and
overhead. The ending work in process inventory was 60% complete with respect to materials and 50% complete with respect to labo
and overhead.
Required:
1. Compute the first department's equivalent units of production for materials, labor, and overhead for the month.
2. Compute the first department's cost per equivalent unit for materials, labor, overhead, and in total for the month. (Round your
answers to 2 decimal places.)
Answer is not complete.
Materials
Labor
Overhead
Total
Equivalent units of
1.
804,800
87,000 ×
production
2.
Cost per equivalent unit
$
2.84
$
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