Prepare summary T- account entries for the use of direct materials and incurrence of conversion costs and

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Prepare summary T- account entries for the use of direct materials and incurrence of conversion costs and to transfer out the cost of goods completed.


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Hoffman Company manufactures car seats in its Miami plant. Each car seat passes through the assembly department and the testing department. This problem focuses on the assembly department. The process- costing system at Hoffman Company has a single direct- cost category (direct materials) and a single indirect- cost category (conversion costs). Direct materials are added at the beginning of the process. Conversion costs are added evenly during the process. When the assembly department finishes work on each car seat, it is immediately transferred to testing. Hoffman Company uses the weighted- average method of process costing. Data for the assembly department for October 2013 are as follows:


Prepare summary T- account entries for the use of direct


aDegree of completion: direct materials, ?%; conversion costs, 45%.
bDegree of completion: direct materials, ?%; conversion costs, 65%.

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1. For each cost category, compute equivalent units in the assembly department. Show physical units in the first column of your schedule.
2. What issues should the manager focus on when reviewing the equivalent units calculation?
3. For each cost category, summarize total assembly department costs for October 2013 and calculate the cost per equivalent unit.
4. Assign total costs to units completed and transferred out and to units in ending work inprocess.

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