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process costing using average costing method

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  • September 16, 2015 at 9:05 am #272093
    nilsatom
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    The details of a process are as follows:
    material $98,000
    labour $60,000
    production overheads $39,000
    units added to process 2 are 1,000 units.
    There were 200 units of opening work in progress valued as follows:
    material $22,000
    labour $6,960
    production overheads $3,000
    There were 300 units of closing work in progress fully completed as to material 60% to labour and 50% to production overheads.Prepare a Process a/c using the average costing method.

    September 16, 2015 at 10:34 am #272124
    John Moffat
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    Please do not simply set me a question to answer – you must have an answer in the same book in which you found the question 🙂

    You should watch the free lectures on process costing.

    If you then still have a problem then ask about which bit of the answer is giving you the problem.

    (Incidentally, you cannot be asked to prepare a process account in Paper F2. You will be asked to either calculate the value of the completed units, or to calculate the value of the closing work-in-progress.)

    September 16, 2015 at 10:43 am #272127
    nilsatom
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    sorry about that I calculated equivalent units for :
    materials to be 1,300 units
    labour to be 1,180 units
    production overheads to be 1,150 units
    I calculated cost per unit for material to be (22,000+98,000)/1,300 = $92.308
    labour to be (60,000+6,960)/1,180 = $56.746
    production overhead (39,000+3,000)/1,150 = $36.521
    When I calculate the fully completed units:(1,000*$92.308)+(1,000*$56,746)+(1,000*$36.521) = $185,575
    But now I am not sure on how to calculate the closing work in progress

    September 16, 2015 at 4:30 pm #272176
    John Moffat
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    Have you watched the lecture?

    The equivalent units for materials is 1200 (200 WIP b/f + 1000 added; 900 complete + 300 WIP c/f)
    So the cost of materials is 120,000 / 12,000 = $10 per unit.
    The equivalent units for labour is 900 + (60% x 300) = 1080
    So the labour cost per unit = 66960 / 1080 = $62 per unit
    The equivalent units for overheads is 900 + (50% x 300) = 1050
    So the overhead cost per unit = 42,000 / 1050 = $40 per unit.
    Giving a full cost per unit of $112 per unit

    The value of the completed units, is therefore 900 x $112

    For the WIP, you value the materials, labour and overhead elements separately and then add them up. If the overheads (for example) are 50% finished, then you value the overhead element at 50% of unit cost.

    You really must watch the lecture – I cannot simply type out the lecture here.

    September 17, 2015 at 7:43 am #272238
    nilsatom
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    Thank you for your help after watching the lecture I understood how to calculate the closing work in progress 🙂

    September 17, 2015 at 9:09 am #272250
    John Moffat
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    You are welcome 🙂

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