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Data concerning a recent period\'s activity in the Assembly Department, the firs

ID: 341665 • Letter: D

Question

Data concerning a recent period's activity in the Assembly Department, the first processing department in a company that uses process costing, appear below: Conversion $ 650 Materials $ 3,900 Cost of work in process inventory at the beginning of the period Equivalent units of production in the ending work in process inventory Equivalent units of production required to complete the beginning 370 230 work in process inventory Cost per equivalent unit for the period 560 $ 3.20 1,200 $ .70 A total of 25,400 units were completed and transferred to the next processing department during the period. Beginning work in process inventory consisted of 1,400 units and ending work in process inventory consisted of 1,500 units Required: Using the FIFO method, compute the cost of the units transferred to the next department during the period and the cost of ending work in process inventory Materials Conversion Total Cost of the units transferred to the next department Cost of ending work in process inventory

Explanation / Answer

Cost of units transferred to the next department

Particulars

Materials

Conversion

No of Equivalent units completed and transferred:

Beginning WIP

560

1200

Equivalent Units started and completed
(25,400-1,400)

           23,900

         23,900

Total units completed and transferred

           24,460

         25,100

Cost per equivalent unit for the period

$3.20

$0.70

Cost of units transferred to the next department

$78,272

$17,570

Cost of ending work in progress

Equivalent units of ending WIP

370

230

Cost per equivalent unit for the period

$3.2

$0.7

Cost of ending work in progress

$1,184

$161

Cost of units transferred to the next department

$78,272

$17,570

Cost of ending work in progress

$1,184

$161

Cost of units transferred to the next department

Particulars

Materials

Conversion

No of Equivalent units completed and transferred:

Beginning WIP

560

1200

Equivalent Units started and completed
(25,400-1,400)

           23,900

         23,900

Total units completed and transferred

           24,460

         25,100

Cost per equivalent unit for the period

$3.20

$0.70

Cost of units transferred to the next department

$78,272

$17,570

Cost of ending work in progress

Equivalent units of ending WIP

370

230

Cost per equivalent unit for the period

$3.2

$0.7

Cost of ending work in progress

$1,184

$161

Cost of units transferred to the next department

$78,272

$17,570

Cost of ending work in progress

$1,184

$161