Costa Brava Manufacturing Corp. uses a standard cost system that records raw materials at actual cost, records

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Costa Brava Manufacturing Corp. uses a standard cost system that records raw materials at actual cost, records materials price variances at the time that raw materials are issued to work in process, and prorates all variances at year-end. Variances associated with direct materials are prorated based on the direct materials balances in the appropriate accounts, and variances associated with direct labor are prorated based on the direct labor balances in the appropriate accounts. The following information is available for
Costa Brava for the year ended December 31:
Raw materials inventory at December 31. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 65,000
Finished goods inventory at December 31:
Direct materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87,000
Direct labor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130,500
Applied factory overhead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104,400
Cost of goods sold for the year ended December 31:
Direct materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348,000
Direct labor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 739,500
Applied factory overhead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 591,600
Materials quantity variance (favorable) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,000
Materials price variance (unfavorable) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,000
Labor efficiency variance (favorable) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,000
Labor rate variance (unfavorable) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,000
Factory overhead applied. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 696,000
There were no beginning inventories and no ending work in process inventory.
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Calculate the following:
1. Amount of materials price variance to be prorated to finished goods inventory at December 31. (Hint: You must first determine the percentage of direct materials cost in the ending finished goods inventory to total direct materials cost.)
2. Total amount of direct materials cost in the finished goods inventory at December 31, after all materials variances have been prorated.
3. Total amount of direct labor cost in the finished goods inventory at December 31, after all labor variances have been prorated.
4. Total cost of goods sold for the year ended December 31, after all variances have been prorated.
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Principles of Cost Accounting

ISBN: 978-1305087408

17th edition

Authors: Edward J. Vanderbeck, Maria Mitchell

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