You are engaged in the audit of the December 31, 2010, financial statements of Epworth Products Corporation.

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You are engaged in the audit of the December 31, 2010, financial statements of Epworth Products Corporation. You are attempting to verify the costing of the work-in-process and finished goods ending inventories that were recorded on Epworth’s books as follows:

 





UnitsCost
Work-in-process inventory

300,000$660,960

Materials100%complete


Labor & Overhead50%complete

Finished Goods

100,000$504,900


Materials are added to production at the beginning of the manufacturing process, and overhead is applied to each product at the rate of 60 percent of direct labor costs. There was no finished goods inventory on January 1, 2010. Epworth uses the FIFO costing method. A review of Epworth’s 2010 inventory cost records disclosed the following information:

 





UnitsMaterials CostLabor Cost
Work-in-process inventory, January 1, 2007




Labor & Overhead80%complete200,000$200,000$315,000
Started

1,000,000

Completed

900,000

Current period costs


$1,300,000$1,995,000
Ovh application rate (% of direct labor cost) 60%




Required

Prepare a production cost report to verify the inventory balances and prepare necessary journal entries to correctly state the inventory of finished goods and work-in-process, assuming that the books have not beenclosed.

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Authors: Edward J. Blocher, David E. Stout, Gary Cokins

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