The Towson company has gathered the following information for the month of September pertaining to its use of materials in Work in Process; beginning inventory had 4,500 (equivalent units of production) valued at $13,500; $202,000 of materials were added during the month ending inventory consisted of 16,000 (equivalent units of production) and 50,000 units were completed and transfered to the next department. What is the weighted average cost per EUP of materials for the month of september?
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.
The Towson company has gathered the following information for the month of September pertaining to its use of materials in Work in Process; beginning inventory had 4,500 (equivalent units of production) valued at $13,500; $202,000 of materials were added during the month ending inventory consisted of 16,000 (equivalent units of production) and 50,000 units were completed and transfered to the next department.
What is the weighted average cost per EUP of materials for the month of september?
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Equivalents units for production: The activity of a processing department in terms of fully completed units is known as equivalent units. It includes the completed units of direct materials and conversion cost of beginning work in process, units completed and transferred out, and ending work in process.
Calculate the weighted average cost per EUP of materials.
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