Splish is a producer of perfume, sourcing materials from all over the world as it creates beautiful scents. In November, Splish was producing perfume that would be bottled into 1.2 ounce sizes. The manufacturing department reports the following information related to production of liquid perfume this month. Step 2: Determine physical status of units and convert into equivalent units     Physical Units   Equivalent Units       DM   Conversion Costs       % Added   Equiv. Units   % Added   Equiv. Units Units completed this period   380   100%   380   100%   380 Units in ending WIP Inventory   40   100%   40   40%   16 Total units accounted for   420                 Total equivalent units of work done           420       396   Step 3: Account for costs     Total Costs   DM   Conversion Costs Costs in beginning WIP Inventory (from last period)   $2,065   $1,400   $665 Costs added to WIP Inventory this period   10,247   6,160   4,087 Total costs to account for   $12,312   $7,560   $4,752   Assign costs to the company’s units completed and to the units in ending WIP Inventory for August by completing Step 5 of the template. Total cost of units completed and removed from WIP Inventory   $enter a dollar amount  Cost of units in ending WIP Inventory   $enter a dollar amount    Recognizing that Splish’s products must still move through the bottling department before being ready for sale, record the journal entry to recognize the completion and removal of units from the manufacturing department. (Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not indent manually. If no entry is required, select "No Entry" for the account titles and enter 0 for the amounts. List debit entry before credit entry.) Account Titles and Explanation Debit Credit enter an account title enter a debit amount enter a credit amount enter an account title enter a debit amount enter a credit amount   To reach its target profit, Splish’s total budgeted product cost is $33.50 per unit. Therefore, what is the maximum additional cost per unit the company can incur in the bottling department? (Round answer to 2 decimal places, e.g. 15.25.) Maximum additional cost per unit for bottling   $enter the maximum additional cost per unit for bottling in dollars rounded to 2 decimal places      Splish uses the weighted-average method of process costing.

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Splish is a producer of perfume, sourcing materials from all over the world as it creates beautiful scents. In November, Splish was producing perfume that would be bottled into 1.2 ounce sizes. The manufacturing department reports the following information related to production of liquid perfume this month.

Step 2: Determine physical status of units and convert into equivalent units
   
Physical Units
 
Equivalent Units
     
DM
 
Conversion Costs
     
% Added
 
Equiv. Units
 
% Added
 
Equiv. Units
Units completed this period
  380   100%   380   100%   380
Units in ending WIP Inventory
  40   100%   40   40%   16
Total units accounted for
  420                
Total equivalent units of work done
          420       396

 

Step 3: Account for costs
   
Total Costs
 
DM
 
Conversion Costs
Costs in beginning WIP Inventory (from last period)
  $2,065   $1,400   $665
Costs added to WIP Inventory this period
  10,247   6,160   4,087
Total costs to account for
  $12,312   $7,560   $4,752

 

Assign costs to the company’s units completed and to the units in ending WIP Inventory for August by completing Step 5 of the template.

Total cost of units completed and removed from WIP Inventory
  $enter a dollar amount 
Cost of units in ending WIP Inventory
  $enter a dollar amount 

 

Recognizing that Splish’s products must still move through the bottling department before being ready for sale, record the journal entry to recognize the completion and removal of units from the manufacturing department. (Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not indent manually. If no entry is required, select "No Entry" for the account titles and enter 0 for the amounts. List debit entry before credit entry.)

Account Titles and Explanation
Debit
Credit
enter an account title
enter a debit amount
enter a credit amount
enter an account title
enter a debit amount
enter a credit amount
 
To reach its target profit, Splish’s total budgeted product cost is $33.50 per unit. Therefore, what is the maximum additional cost per unit the company can incur in the bottling department? (Round answer to 2 decimal places, e.g. 15.25.)

Maximum additional cost per unit for bottling  

$enter the maximum additional cost per unit for bottling in dollars rounded to 2 decimal places 

 

 


Splish uses the weighted-average method of process costing.

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