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Normal Losses - FIFO

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Simple Built (Pty) Ltd (SB) operates a process costing system to manufacture one type of a specialised high-end building cement (DiamondMix). The company uses the first-in-first-out (FIFO) method to value all its inventories. . Direct labour and manufacturing overheads are incurred evenly throughout the cement manufacturing process. At 70% completion point, the cement is tested for both quality and consistency to the standards as prescribed by the South African Bureau of Standards (SABS). At that point (70%), 1 in 8 kilograms (kg) of the cement does not pass the quality and consistency test and is regarded as normal loss. The loss units are sold to Selepe Brick Blocks, an upcoming brick manufacturing company, at R2,45 per kg. Opening Finished Goods - 8500 kg Opening WIP(65% complete) - 12500kg Current period input - 165500kg Completed & transferred -135000kg Closing WIP - (80% Complete) - 15500 Closing finished goods - 0 Question: How do I get my normal losses in units when production is at 70% completion. Do I use the units introduced (165 500kg * 1/8) or I have to use the (178 000kg(ie Opening WIP +Current input) * 1/8). How do I do the quantity schedule in this scenario. Please help!!!!! Kind regards TE Mashila.
John MoffatJohn MoffatTutor7y ago#1
The examiner has said that he will not ask losses and WIP in the same question, so this question could not be asked in Paper F2. Our lectures are a complete free course and cover everything needed to be able to pass the exam well.
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