P 8. Honey Dews Company produces organic honey, which it sells to health food stores and restaurants. The company owns thousands of beehives. No direct materials other than honey are used. The production operation is a simple one. Impure honey is added at the beginning of the process and flows through a series of filterings, leading to a pure finished product. Costs of labor and overhead are incurred uniformly throughout the filtering process. Production data for April and May are as follows:

April May Beginning work in process inventory Units (liters) 7,100 12,400 Direct materials $ 2,480 ?*

Conversion costs $ 5,110 ?*

Production during the period Units started (liters) 288,000 310,000 Direct materials $100,800 $117,800 Conversion costs $251,550 $277,281 Ending work in process inventory Units (liters) 12,400 16,900

*From calculations at end of April.

The beginning work in process inventory for April was 80 percent complete for conversion costs, and ending work in process inventory was 20 percent complete.

The ending work in process inventory for May was 30 percent complete for conversion costs. Assume that there was no loss from spoilage or evaporation.

Required 1. Using the FIFO method, prepare a process cost report for April.

2. From the information in the process cost report, identify the amount that should be transferred out of the Work in Process Inventory account, and state where those dollars should be transferred.

3. Repeat requirements 1 and 2 for May.

Process Costing: Average Costing Method and Two Time Periods