Question: Problem 8-42 Prepare a Production Cost Report: Weighted-Average Method (LO 8-3, 4) Douglas Toys is a manufacturer that uses the weighted-average process costing method to
Problem 8-42 Prepare a Production Cost Report: Weighted-Average Method (LO 8-3, 4)
| Douglas Toys is a manufacturer that uses the weighted-average process costing method to account for costs of production. It produces a plastic toy in three separate departments: Molding, Assembling, and Finishing. The following information was obtained for the Assembling Department for the month of September. |
| Work in process on September 1 had 102,000 units made up of the following: |
| Amount | Degree of Completion | |||||
| Prior department costs transferred in from the Molding Department | $ | 133,620 | 100 | % | ||
| Costs added by the Assembling Department | ||||||
| Direct materials | $ | 76,500 | 100 | % | ||
| Direct labor | 31,264 | 70 | % | |||
| Manufacturing overhead | 23,734 | 50 | % | |||
| $ | 131,498 | |||||
| Work in process, September 1 | $ | 265,118 | ||||
| During September, 502,000 units were transferred in from the Molding Department at a cost of $657,620. The Assembling Department added the following costs: |
| Direct materials | $ | 361,350 | ||||||
| Direct labor | 137,816 | |||||||
| Manufacturing overhead | 118,076 | |||||||
| Total costs added | $ | 617,242 | ||||||
| Assembling finished 402,000 units and transferred them to the Finishing Department. |
| At September 30, 202,000 units were still in work-in-process inventory. The degree of completion of work-in-process inventory at September 30 was as follows: |
| Direct materials | 90 | % | ||||||
| Direct labor | 80 | |||||||
| Manufacturing overhead | 35 | |||||||
| Required: | |
| Prepare a production cost report using the weighted-average method. (Round "cost per equivalent unit" to 2 decimal places.) |
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