Stutz, Inc. designs and builds basketball gymnasiums. Each gymnasium is custom-built to individual customers’ specifications. Stutz uses job-order costing to keep track of its costs. In February it worked on three jobs. Data for these jobs are as follows: Job 175 Job 178 Job 179 Balance 2/1 $13,790 $ 0 $0 Direct Materials 16,200 8,500 30,500 Direct Labor Cost 23,300 7,600 45,000 Machine Hours 400hrs. 300hrs. 2,000hrs. Overhead is applied to jobs at the rate of $25 per machine hour. By February 28, Job 178 is the only one unfinished. The balance of Finished Goods on February 1 is $94,000 (consisting of Job 177). Jobs 177 and 179 are sold during February. Stutz sells its product at cost plus 40%. Calculate the balance in Work-in-Process on February 28.
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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Job 175 |
Job 178 |
Job 179 |
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Balance 2/1 |
$13,790 |
$ 0 |
$0 |
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Direct Materials |
16,200 |
8,500 |
30,500 |
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Direct Labor Cost |
23,300 |
7,600 |
45,000 |
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Machine Hours |
400hrs. |
300hrs. |
2,000hrs. |
Overhead is applied to jobs at the rate of $25 per machine hour. By February 28, Job 178 is the only one unfinished. The balance of Finished Goods on February 1 is $94,000 (consisting of Job 177). Jobs 177 and 179 are sold during February. Stutz sells its product at cost plus 40%.
Calculate the balance in Work-in-Process on February 28.
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