The following is an account for a production department, showing its costs for one month: Initial balance Direct materials direct labor General expenses Final balance $7,000 23,200 17,800 12,400 $6,190 Inventory in progress Completed and transferred 54,210 Assume that materials are added at the beginning of the production process and that direct labor and overhead are applied evenly. If the units started and completed cost $43,450, what was the cost to complete the units in the beginning Work in Process inventory? A. $16,950. B. $37,260. C. $10,760. D. $3,760. E. $60,400.
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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