Questions from Cost Accounting


Q: Cloths of Heaven’s accountant needs to record the information about the joint

Cloths of Heaven’s accountant needs to record the information about the joint and byproducts in the general journal but is not sure what the entries should be. The company has hired you as a consultan...

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Q: The Palm Company produces two products—coconut and coconut water—

The Palm Company produces two products—coconut and coconut water—by a joint process. Joint costs amount to $14,000 per batch of output. Each batch totals 4,000 pounds of coconut and 6,000 pounds of co...

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Q: Broadpull Rugs is holding a 4-week carpet sale at Tryst’s

Broadpull Rugs is holding a 4-week carpet sale at Tryst’s Club, a local ware- house store. Broadpull Rugs plans to sell carpets for $1,500 each. The company will purchase the carpets from a local dist...

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Q: Iridium Technologies manufactures a variety of flash memory chips at its main

Iridium Technologies manufactures a variety of flash memory chips at its main foundry in Anam, Korea. Some chips are sold by Iridium to makers of electronic equipment while others are embedded into co...

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Q: Third Wave Bakery supplies cupcakes to a national grocery chain for their

Third Wave Bakery supplies cupcakes to a national grocery chain for their private label. The cupcakes must meet specific requirements of the grocery chain. Third Wave uses a specific process to produc...

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Q: Larsen Company manufactures car seats in its San Antonio plant. Each

Larsen Company manufactures car seats in its San Antonio plant. Each car seat passes through the assembly department and the testing department. This problem focuses on the assembly department. The pr...

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Q: Prepare a set of summarized journal entries for all October 2020 transactions

Prepare a set of summarized journal entries for all October 2020 transactions affecting Work in Process— Assembly. Set up a T-account for Work in Process—Assembly and post your entries to it.

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Q: Do Problem 18-36 using the FIFO method of process costing

Do Problem 18-36 using the FIFO method of process costing. Explain any difference between the cost per equivalent unit in the assembly department under the weighted-average method and the FIFO method....

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Q: Larsen Company, as you know, is a manufacturer of car

Larsen Company, as you know, is a manufacturer of car seats. Each car seat passes through the assembly department and testing department. This problem focuses on the testing department. Direct materia...

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Q: Refer to the information in Problem 18-39. Suppose that

Refer to the information in Problem 18-39. Suppose that Larsen Company uses the FIFO method instead of the weighted-average method in all of its departments. The only changes to Problem 18-39 under th...

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