Ottawa Manufacturing is a furniture manufacturer with two departments: moulding and finishing. The company uses the weighted-average

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Ottawa Manufacturing is a furniture manufacturer with two departments: moulding and finishing. The company uses the weighted-average method of process costing. In August, the following data were recorded for the finishing department:

Units of beginning work-in-process inventory .........................................12,500

Percentage completion of beginning work-in-process units .......................... 25%

Cost of direct materials in beginning work-in-process ................................$ 0

Units started ................................................................................87,500

Units completed ............................................................................62,500

Units in ending inventory .................................................................25,000

Percentage completion of ending work-in-process units ............................. 95%

Spoiled units ...............................................................................12,500

Total costs added during current period:

Direct materials............................................................................. $819,000

Direct manufacturing labour ............................................................. $794,500

Manufacturing overhead ................................................................. $770,000

Work in process, beginning:

Transferred-in costs .......................................................................... $103,625

Conversion costs ............................................................................. $ 52,500

Cost of units transferred in during current period........................................ $809,375

Conversion costs are added evenly during the process. Direct materials costs are added when production is 90% complete. The inspection point is at the 80% stage of production. Normal spoilage is 10% of all good units that pass inspection. Spoiled units are disposed of at zero net disposal value.

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For August, summarize total costs to account for, and assign these costs to units completed and transferred out (including normal spoilage), to abnormal spoilage, and to units in ending work-in-process.

Ending Inventory
The ending inventory is the amount of inventory that a business is required to present on its balance sheet. It can be calculated using the ending inventory formula                Ending Inventory Formula =...
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Cost Accounting A Managerial Emphasis

ISBN: 978-0133138443

7th Canadian Edition

Authors: Srikant M. Datar, Madhav V. Rajan, Charles T. Horngren, Louis Beaubien, Chris Graham

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