Process Costing I Discussion Question Sparkling Beverages makes one of its products by way of three separate stages. Details of production for the month ending 31st January were as follows: Process Fermenting Distilling $780,000 Bottling Input material: 65,000 litres Material added $89,000 $114,600 $122,000 8% $153,500 $126,000 5% Direct Labour cost Manufacturing Overhead Normal losses Output Scrap value of losses $225,600 $193,100 5% 55,000 litres 53,000 litres 48,000 litres $18.00/litre $30.00/litre The nature of the process requires equipment to be cleaned at the end of each month; hence there is no opening or closing stock of product in process. Required: i) The process account for each process: and ii) The abnormal loss/gain account(s) showing Sparkling Beverages true loss/gain.

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Sparkling Beverages makes one of its products by way of three separate stages. Details of
production for the month ending 31st January were as follows:
Process
Fermenting Distilling
$780,000
Bottling
Input material:
65,000 litres
$89,000
$153,500
$126,000
5%
55,000 litres 53,000 litres 48,000 litres
$18.00/litre $30.00/litre
Material added
$114,600
$122,000
8%
$225,600
$193,100
5%
Direct Labour cost
Manufacturing Overhead
Normal losses
|Output
Scrap value of losses
The nature of the process requires equipment to be cleaned at the end of each month; hence
there is no opening or closing stock of product in process.
Required:
i)
The process account for each process: and
The abnormal loss/gain account(s) showing Sparkling Beverages true loss/gain.
ii)
Transcribed Image Text:Process Costing I Discussion Question Sparkling Beverages makes one of its products by way of three separate stages. Details of production for the month ending 31st January were as follows: Process Fermenting Distilling $780,000 Bottling Input material: 65,000 litres $89,000 $153,500 $126,000 5% 55,000 litres 53,000 litres 48,000 litres $18.00/litre $30.00/litre Material added $114,600 $122,000 8% $225,600 $193,100 5% Direct Labour cost Manufacturing Overhead Normal losses |Output Scrap value of losses The nature of the process requires equipment to be cleaned at the end of each month; hence there is no opening or closing stock of product in process. Required: i) The process account for each process: and The abnormal loss/gain account(s) showing Sparkling Beverages true loss/gain. ii)
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