Johnson, Inc. manufactures car seats in its Houston plant. Each car seat passes through the Assembly Dept...

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Johnson, Inc. manufactures car seatsin its Houston plant. Each car seat passes through the AssemblyDept and the Testing Dept. This problem focuses on the AssemblyDept. the process-costing system at Johnson, Inc. has a singledirect-cost category (direct materials) and a single indirect-costcategory (conversion costs). Direct materials are added at thebeginning of the process. Conversion costs are added evenly duringthe process. When the Assembly Dept finished work on each car seat,it is immediately transferred to Testing.

Johnson, Inc. uses the FirstIn First Out Method of process costing.Data for the Assembly Dept for June 2016 is:

                                                     PhysicalUnits            Direct                 Conversion     

                                               (CarSeats)                Materials          Costs

Work-in-process, June1*           5,000             $1,250,000      $402,750

Started during Jun2016             20,000

Completed during Jun2016        22,500

Work-in-process Jun30**           2,500

Total costs added during

   June2016                                                         $4,500,000      $2,337,500

*Degree of completion: DM ?%; CC60%

**Degree of completion: DM ?%; CC70%

  1. For each cost category; compute equivalent units in theAssembly Dept. Show

     physical units in the first column of the schedule.

  1. For each cost category, summarize total Assembly Dept costs forJune 2016 and

            calculate the cost per equivalent unit.

  1. Assign total costs to units completed and transferred out andto units in ending Work in Process

     

  1. Prepare the journal entry to move costs from WIP-Assembly Deptto theWIP-         

Testing Department.

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Material Conversion Costs Units to account for Beginning Work in process 5000 Units started 20000 Total Units to account for 25000 Units accounted for Inventory in Process Beginning 5000 0 2000 Started and completed 17500 17500    See Answer
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