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Lalo Corporation is a manufacturer that uses a process cost accounting system. records for the month of January of the current year show the following. Its accounting Beginning Inventory (3,000 units) Direct Materials Cost 4,500 Conversion Costs (60% complete) 12,000 35,000 Units Started During Month Units Completed During Month 33,500 Current Period Costs: 55,000 175,000 Direct Materials Cost Conversion Costs Ending Inventory (70% complete as to conversion costs) Direct materials are added in the following manner: 80% at the very beginning of the process and 20% a t the very end of the process. Conversion costs are added evenly throughout the process. hod, prepare a REQUIRED: (1) Using the attached sheets and the FIFO process costing met cost of production report for the month of January. Round all costs per equivalent unit to four decimal places and all other dollar amounts to the nearest whole dollar. Using the attached s Using the attached sheets and the weighted average process costing methood, prepare a cost of production report for the month of January. Round all costs per equivalent unit to four decimal places and all other dollar amounts to the (2)

Explanation / Answer

                                                LALO Corporation

                      Schedule of physical and equivalent units - FIFO method for month of January

Particulars                                                                       physical units           Equivalent units

                                                                                                                 Directmaterials    Conversion

Units to account for:

Begining WIP inventory                                                        3000                      -                       1200

Units started during period                                                   35000                  35000                 35000

Total units                                                                          38000

Units accounted for:

Units completed during period                                              33500                  33500                 33500

From begining WIP inventory                                                3000                      -                       1200

Units started and completed during period                             33500                   33500               33500

Total units completed during period                                                                  33500                34700

Units in ending WIP inventory                                                1500                      -                     1050

Total units accounted for                                                                                 33500               35750

                                                          

                                                                  LALO Corporation
                      Schedule of units cost analysis - FIFO method for month of January

Particulars                                                                   Direct materials          Conversion            Total

Costs to account for:

Costs from begining WIP inventory                                   4500                         12000                16500

Current period cost                                                         55000                       195000              250000

Total cost to account for:                                                59500                        207000              266500

Equivalent units :                                                           33500                        35750

Cost per equivalent unit 59500/33500=1.78    207000/35750=5.79