The Hayes Chemical Company produces a chemical used in dry cleaning. Its accounting system uses standard costs. The standards per 0.60-gallon can of chemical call for 1.30 gallons of material and 1.60 hours of labor. (1.30 gallons of material are needed to produce a 0.60-gallon can of product due to evaporation.) The standard cost per gallon of material is $7. The standard cost per hour for labor is $10. Overhead is applied at the rate of $7.25 per can. Expected production is 19,100 cans with fixed overhead per year of $23,875 and variable overhead of $6 per unit (a 0.60-gallon can). During 2021, 24,600 cans were produced; 32,000 gallons of material were purchased at a cost of $250,880; 27,500 gallons of material were used in production. The cost of direct labor incurred in 2021 was $332,264 based on an average actual wage rate of $8.73 per hour. Actual overhead for 2021 was $236,500. (a) ✓ Your answer is correct. Determine the standard cost per unit. (Round answer to 2 decimal places, e.g. 15.25.) Standard cost $ 32.35 per unit SUPPORT
Process Costing
Process costing is a sort of operation costing which is employed to determine the value of a product at each process or stage of producing process, applicable where goods produced from a series of continuous operations or procedure.
Job Costing
Job costing is adhesive costs of each and every job involved in the production processes. It is an accounting measure. It is a method which determines the cost of specific jobs, which are performed according to the consumer’s specifications. Job costing is possible only in businesses where the production is done as per the customer’s requirement. For example, some customers order to manufacture furniture as per their needs.
ABC Costing
Cost Accounting is a form of managerial accounting that helps the company in assessing the total variable cost so as to compute the cost of production. Cost accounting is generally used by the management so as to ensure better decision-making. In comparison to financial accounting, cost accounting has to follow a set standard ad can be used flexibly by the management as per their needs. The types of Cost Accounting include – Lean Accounting, Standard Costing, Marginal Costing and Activity Based Costing.
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