Sparkling Beverages makes one of its products by way of three separate stages. Details of production for the month ending 31st January were as follows: Process Fermenting Distilling Bottling Input material: 65,000 litres $780,000 - - Material added - $89,000 - Direct Labour cost $114,600 $153,500 $225,600 Manufacturing Overhead $122,000 $126,000 $193,100 Normal losses 8% 5% 5% Output 55,000 litres 53,000 litres 48,000 litres Scrap value of losses - - $18.00/litre $30.00/litre The nature of the process requires equipment to be cleaned at the end of each month; hence there is no opening or closing stock of product in process. Required: i) The process account for each process: and ii) The abnormal loss/gain account(s) showing Sparkling Beverages true loss/gain.

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Sparkling Beverages makes one of its products by way of three separate stages. Details of
production for the month ending 31st January were as follows:

                                                                                 Process                                                                                                                                                            Fermenting              Distilling                     Bottling
Input material:  65,000 litres                        $780,000                  -                                 -
Material added                                            -                                $89,000                      -
Direct Labour cost                                      $114,600                  $153,500                   $225,600
Manufacturing Overhead                            $122,000                 $126,000                    $193,100
Normal losses                                             8%                           5%                             5%
Output                                                         55,000 litres             53,000 litres              48,000 litres
Scrap value of losses -                                -                               $18.00/litre                 $30.00/litre

The nature of the process requires equipment to be cleaned at the end of each month; hence
there is no opening or closing stock of product in process.


Required:
i) The process account for each process: and
ii) The abnormal loss/gain account(s) showing Sparkling Beverages true loss/gain.

 

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