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Fryers Choice produces a specially blended vegetable oil widely used in restaurant deep fryers. The blending process creates a cooking oil that can be heated
Fryers Choice produces a specially blended vegetable oil widely used in restaurant deep fryers. The blending process creates a cooking oil that can be heated to a high temperature, but does not smoke or smell. The oil is produced in two departments: Blending and Bottling. Raw materials are introduced at various points in the Blending Department. |
The following incomplete Work in Process T-account is available for the Blending Department for March: |
Work in ProcessBlending |
March 1 balance (20,000 litres; materials 100% complete; labour and overhead 90% complete) | $38,000 | Completed and transferred to Bottling ( ? litres) | $??? | |
March costs added: | ||||
Oils (390,000 litres) | 495,000 | |||
Direct labour | 72,000 | |||
Overhead | 181,000 | |||
March 31 inventory (40,000 litres; materials 75% complete, labour and overhead 25% complete) | $??? | |||
The March 1 beginning inventory in the Blending Department consists of the following cost elements: raw materials, $25,000; direct labour, $4,000; and overhead, $9,000. |
Costs incurred during March in the Bottling Department were materials used, $115,000; direct labour, $18,000; and overhead cost applied to production, $42,000. The company uses the weighted-average method in its process costing. |
Required: |
1. | Prepare journal entries to record the cost incurred in both the Blending Department and the Bottling Department during March. Key your entries to the items (a) through (f) below: |
a. | Raw materials were issued for use in production |
b. | Direct labour costs were incurred. |
c. | Manufacturing overhead costs for the entire factory were incurred: $225,000. (Hint: Credit Accounts Payable.) |
d. | Manufacturing overhead cost was applied to production using a predetermined overhead rate. |
e. | Units that were complete with respect to processing in the Bottling Department were transferred to finished goods: $950,000. |
f. | Completed units were sold on account: $1,500,000. The cost of goods sold was $890,000. |
2. | Post the journal entries from requirement 1 above to T-accounts. The following account balances existed at the beginning of March. (Note: The beginning balance in the Blending Departments Work in Process account is given above.) |
Raw materials | $ | 681,000 | |
Work in ProcessBottling Department | $ | 65,000 | |
Finished Goods | $ | 20,000 | |
After posting the entries to the T-accounts, find the ending balance in the inventory accounts and the manufacturing overhead accounts. |
3. | Prepare a production report for the Blending Department for March. (Round "Cost per equivalent unit" answers to 2 decimal places.) |
4. | Prepare the journal entry to record the transfer of finished goods from the Blending Department to the Bottling Department and post to the appropriate T-accounts prepared in requirement 2 above. |
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