17th Edition

ISBN: 9781305692862

Author: Edward J. Vanderbeck; Maria R. Mitchell

Publisher: Cengage Learning US

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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.

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ABC Costing

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Textbook Question

Chapter 2, Problem 20E

Spoiled work

Roger Company manufactures tennis clothing. During the month, the company cut and assembled 8,000 skirts. One hundred of the skirts did not meet specifications and were considered “seconds.” Seconds are sold for $9.95 per skirt, whereas first-quality skirts sell for $39.95. During the month, Work in Process was charged $108,000: $36,000 for materials, $48,000 for labor, and $24,000 for factory overhead.

Record the entries to first charge production costs for the period and to then record the loss due to spoiled work, under each of the following conditions:

a. The loss due to spoiled work is spread over all jobs in the department.
b. The loss due to spoiled work is charged to the specific job because it is a special order.

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Chapter 2 Solutions

Principles of Cost Accounting

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