Question: Costs in beginning work Costs added in process inventory during February Transferred in . . . . . . . . . . . .

Costs in beginning work

Costs added

in process inventory

during February

Transferred in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$3,300

Transferred in* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$132,000

Direct materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

0

Direct materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

28,260

Direct labour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

590

Direct labour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

33,600

Manufacturing overhead . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

72

Manufacturing overhead . . . . . . . . .

22,300

Total beginning work in process

Total costs added

inventory as of February 1 . . . . . . .

$3,962

during February . . . . . . . . . .

$216,160

*The Filtration Department completed and transferred out 156,000 litres at a total cost of $132,000.

Beginning work in process inventory (40% of the way through the process) 9,000 litres
Transferred in from Filtration* 156,000 litres
Completed and transferred out to Finished Goods Inventory in February 157,000 litres
Ending work in process inventory (80% of the way through the bottling process) 8,000 litres
*Cold Springs's Filtration Department completed and transferred out 156,000 litres at a total cost of $132,000.

Cold srings produces premium bottled water. Cold Springs purchases artesian water, stores the water in large tanks, and then runs the water through two processes: times

Filtration, where workers microfilter and ozonate the water times Bottling, where workers bottle and package the filtered water In the Bottling Department, workers bottle the filtered water and pack the bottles into boxes. Conversion costs are incurred evenly throughout the bottling process, but packaging materials are not added until the end of the process. February data from the Bottling Department follow:

Requirement 1. Fill in the time line for the bottling process.

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Requirement 2. Complete the first two steps of the process costing procedure for the Bottling Department: summarize the physical flow of units and then compute the equivalent units of direct materials and conversion costs. (For accounts with a zero balance, make sure to enter "0" in the appropriate cell.)

Cold Springs

Bottling Department

Flow of Physical Units and Computation of Equivalent Units

Flow of

Equivalent Units

Physical

Transferred-

Direct

Conversion

Flow of Production

Units

in

Materials

Costs

Units to account for:

Units accounted for:

Total equivalent units

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