Comprehensive Job Costing

Week 2 Activity

# 31 Comprehensive Job Costing

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Moody Blues Chocolate Factory uses job costing to cost its
products.  In the first quarter of
operations, the company incurred the following material and labor costs in a
manufacturing a batch of its chocolate candies (the company uses normal costing
to apply overhead to products and uses machine hours as the cost driver).

Materials Data:
Direct material purchases
Direct materials used in production (cost)
 
$ 100,000
  
85,000
Labor Data:
Direct Labor costs
 
$ 60,000
Manufacturing Overhead Data:
Overhead application rate per machine hour
Machine Hour used
 
9.00
10,000
Inventory Data:
Transferred to Finished Goods
Cost of Goods sold during the quarter
 
210,000
190,000

Required:

  • Calculate the direct
    materials ending inventory
  • Calculate the work in
    progress ending inventory
  • Calculate the finished
    goods ending inventory

Finished Goods Ending Inventory = $20,000

  • At the end of the quarter,
    Moody Blues’ actual manufacturing overhead costs totalled $80,000.  Calculate the over or underapplied overhead
    for the period.

# 37 Process Costing Using FIFO Method

Riley’s Paper Company manufactures computer paper for laser
printers.  The following information is
related to production costs incurred in the manufacturing process during the
month of March:

  Reams of Paper Production Costs
Beginning Work in Progress
(40% complete)       
35,000 89,170
Current Period Production 93,000 394,830
Ending Work in Progress
(65% complete)
20,000  

The company uses FIFO method of computing equivalent units and
assigning product costs.  Production
costs include both the cost of raw materials and conversion costs that are
incurred uniformly in the production process.

Required:

  • How many reams of paper
    were completed in March?
  • Of the reams of paper
    completed in March, how many were started and completed during the month?
  • How many equivalent
    finished units did the company complete in March?
  • What is the cost per
    equivalent unit?
  • Calculate the cost of ending work in progress inventory and the
    cost of goods manufactured in March.

 

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