Always Christmas makes artificial Christmas trees in two departments: Cutting and Boxing. In the Cutting Department, wire wrapped with green ‘‘needles’’ is placed into production at the beginning of the process and is cut to various lengths. The ‘‘branches’’ are then transferred to the Boxing Department, where the lengths are separated into the necessary groups to make a tree. The ‘‘limbs’’ are then placed in boxes and immediately sent to Finished Goods. The following data are available related to the October production in each of the two departments: Percent of Completion Units Transferred In Material Conversion Cutting Development Beginning WIP Inventory 4,800 N/A 100 40 Started in process 21,600 Ending inventory 2,160 N/A 100 70 Boxing Department Beginning WIP Inventory 1,500 100 0 65 Transferred in ? Ending inventory 720 100 0 70 Costs Transferred In Material Conversion Cutting Department Beginning WIP Inventory N/A $175,800 $48,000 Current period N/A $827,400 $776,064 Boxing Department Beginning WIP Inventory $99,852 $- $4,196 Current period ? $230,184 $147,672 a. Prepare a cost of production report for the Cutting Department assuming a weighted average method. Note: Round the costs per EUP to the nearest two decimal points; use the rounded amounts in subsequent calculations. Note: Other than costs per EUP, round all amounts to the nearest whole dollar.
Process Costing
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ABC Costing
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Always Christmas makes artificial Christmas trees in two departments: Cutting and Boxing. In the Cutting Department, wire wrapped with green ‘‘needles’’ is placed into production at the beginning of the process and is cut to various lengths. The ‘‘branches’’ are then transferred to the Boxing Department, where the lengths are separated into the necessary groups to make a tree. The ‘‘limbs’’ are then placed in boxes and immediately sent to Finished Goods.
The following data are available related to the October production in each of the two departments:
Percent of Completion
| Units | Transferred In | Material | Conversion | |
| Cutting Development | ||||
| Beginning WIP Inventory | 4,800 | N/A | 100 | 40 |
| Started in process | 21,600 | |||
| Ending inventory | 2,160 | N/A | 100 | 70 |
| Boxing Department | ||||
| Beginning WIP Inventory | 1,500 | 100 | 0 | 65 |
| Transferred in | ? | |||
| Ending inventory | 720 | 100 | 0 | 70 |
Costs
| Transferred In | Material | Conversion | |
| Cutting Department | |||
| Beginning WIP Inventory | N/A | $175,800 | $48,000 |
| Current period | N/A | $827,400 | $776,064 |
| Boxing Department | |||
| Beginning WIP Inventory | $99,852 | $- | $4,196 |
| Current period | ? | $230,184 | $147,672 |
a. Prepare a cost of production report for the Cutting Department assuming a weighted average method.
Note: Round the costs per EUP to the nearest two decimal points; use the rounded amounts in subsequent calculations.
Note: Other than costs per EUP, round all amounts to the nearest whole dollar.
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