The following information is available from the Oils Division of Glasgow Corporation for December. Conversion costs for this division were 80 percent complete as to beginning work-in-process inventory and 50 percent complete as to ending work-in-process inventory. Information about conversion costs follows.
Units | Conversion Costs | |||||
WIP at December 1 (80% complete) | 102,000 | $ | 395,760 | |||
Units started and costs incurred during December | 542,000 | 2,229,070 | ||||
Units completed and transferred to next department during December | 402,000 | ? | ||||
The Oils Division uses FIFO.
Required:
a-1. Compute the equivalent units for conversion costs.
a-2. Compute the cost per equivalent unit for conversion costs.
a-3. What was the conversion cost of work-in-process inventory in the Oils Division at December 31?
b. What were the conversion costs per
equivalent unit produced last period and this period,
respectively?
working | Physical units | Equivalent units | ||
WIP at December 1 (80% complete) | 1,02,000 | 20400 | (102000*20%) | |
Units started and completed during December (402000-102000) | 3,00,000 | 3,00,000 | ||
Units completed and transferred to next department during December | 4,02,000 | |||
Unist in ending Invetory (542000-300000) | 2,42,000 | 121000 | (242000*50% completed) | |
Total equivalent units | 4,41,400 | |||
a-1 the equivalent units for conversion costs. | 4,41,400 | |||
a-2 the cost per equivalent unit for conversion costs. (2229070/441400) | $5.05 | |||
a-3. conversion cost of work-in-process inventory in the Oils Division at December 31 | $6,11,050 | |||
(121000*5.05) | ||||
ans 4 | This period | Last period | ||
conversion costs per equivalent unit | $5.05 | 4.85 | ||
395760/(102000*80%) | ||||
The cost increased | ||||
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