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Author: OpenStax

Publisher: OpenStax College

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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.

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 …

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 compari…

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Chapter 4, Problem 2TP

If a job order cost system tracks the direct materials and direct labor, why doesn't It track the actual overhead used for a specific job?

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At the end of April, Nina Company had completed Jobs 50 and 51. Job 50 is for 23,040 units, and Job 51 is for 26,000 units. The following data relate to these two jobs: On April 6, Nina Company purchased on account 60,000 units of raw materials at $12 per unit. On April 21, raw materials were requisitioned for production as follows: 25,000 units for Job 50 at $10 per unit and 27,000 units for Job 51 at $12 per unit. During April, Nina Company accumulated 20,000 hours of direct labor costs on Job 50 and 24,000 hours on Job 51. The total direct labor was incurred at a rate of $20.00 per direct labor hour for Job 50 and $22.00 per direct labor hour for Job 51. Nina Company estimates that total factory overhead costs will be $1,750,000 for the year. Direct labor hours are estimated to be 500,000. Determine the balance on the account in the work in process subsidiary ledger in which the costs charged to a particular job order are recorded on job cost sheets for Jobs 50 and 51 at the end of…

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