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Please help, I am stuck in the second portion. If possible please explain how you got the answer. Thanks in advance. White Diamond Flour Company

Please help, I am stuck in the second portion. If possible please explain how you got the answer. Thanks in advance.

White Diamond Flour Company manufactures flour by a series of three processes, beginning with wheat grain being introduced in the Milling Department. From the Milling Department, the materials pass through the Sifting and Packaging departments, emerging as packaged refined flour.

The balance in the account Work in Process-Sifting Department was as follows on July 1:

Work in Process-Sifting Department

(800 units, 3/5 completed):

Direct materials (800 $2.25)

$1,800

Conversion (800 3/5 $0.40)

192

$1,992

The following costs were charged to Work in Process-Sifting Department during July:

Direct materials transferred from Milling Department:

16,400 units at $2.35 a unit

$38,540

Direct labor

4,480

Factory overhead

2,945

During July, 16,100 units of flour were completed. Work in Process-Sifting Department on July 31 was 1,100 units, 4/5 completed.

Required:

1.

Prepare a cost of production report for the Sifting Department for July. If an amount is zero, enter "0". Round your cost per unit answers to the nearest cent and final answers to the nearest dollar amount.

2.

Journalize the entries for costs transferred from Milling to Sifting and the costs transferred from Sifting to Packaging. Refer to the Chart of Accounts for correct wording of account titles. Use the date July 31 for all journal entries.

3.

Determine the increase or decrease in the cost per equivalent unit from June to July for direct materials and conversion costs. Round your answers to the nearest cent.

4.

Discuss the uses of the cost of production report and the results of part (3).

Cost of Production Report

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1. Prepare a cost of production report for the Sifting Department for July. If an amount is zero, enter "0". Round your cost per unit answers to the nearest cent and final answers to the nearest dollar amount.

WHITE DIAMOND FLOUR COMPANY

Cost of Production Report-Sifting Department

For the Month Ended July 31

UNITS

Whole Units

Equivalent Units

Direct Materials

Conversion

Units charged to production:

Inventory in process, July 1

Received from Milling Department

Total units accounted for by the Sifting Department

Units to be assigned costs:

Inventory in process, July 1 (3/5 completed)

Started and completed in July

Transferred to Packaging Department in July

Inventory in process, July 31 (4/5 completed)

Total units to be assigned costs

Points:

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COSTS

Costs

Direct Materials

Conversion

Total

Cost per equivalent unit:

Total costs for July in Sifting Department

Total equivalent units

Cost per equivalent unit

Costs assigned to production:

Inventory in process, July 1

Costs incurred in July

Total costs accounted for by the Sifting Department

Costs allocated to completed and partially completed units:

Inventory in process, July 1-balance

To complete inventory in process, July 1

Cost of completed July 1 work in process

Started and completed in July

Transferred to Packaging Department in July

Inventory in process, July 31

Total costs assigned by the Sifting Department

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