Crosby Company has several processing departments. Costs charged to the assembly department for October 2012 totalled $1,249,500,
Question:
Crosby Company has several processing departments. Costs charged to the assembly department for October 2012 totalled $1,249,500, as follows:
Work in process, October 1
Materials ...........................................$29,000
Conversion costs ...................................16,500.................. $ 45,500
Materials added .............................................................1,006,000
Labour ...........................................................................90,000
Overhead .......................................................................108,000
Production records show that 25,000 units were in beginning work in process, 40% complete in terms of conversion costs; 425,000 units were started into production; and 35,000 units were in ending work in process, 40% complete in terms of conversion costs. Materials are entered at the beginning of each process.
Instructions
(a) Determine the equivalent units of production and the unit production costs for the assembly department.
(b) Determine the assignment of costs to goods transferred out and in process.
(c) Prepare a production cost report for the assembly department.
Step by Step Answer:
Managerial Accounting Tools for Business Decision Making
ISBN: 978-1118033890
3rd Canadian edition
Authors: Jerry J. Weygandt, Paul D. Kimmel, Donald E. Kieso, Ibrahim M. Aly