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Chapter 16: Q1CA (page 906)
In 100 words or fewer, explain the difference between product costs and period costs. In your explanation, explain the inventory accounts of a manufacturer.
Period cost are the operating expenses and the products costs are which incurred for manufacturing the product.
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This is the first problem in a sequence of problems for Piedmont Computer Company, a manufacturer of personal computers and tablets. During its first month of manufacturing, Piedmont Computer Company incurred the following manufacturing costs:
Balances: Beginning Ending
Direct Materials \( 10,500 \) 9,700
Work-in-Process Inventory 0 17,000
Finished Goods Inventory 0 31,000
Other information:
Direct materials purchases $ 16,000
Plant janitorial services 500
Sales salaries expense 10,000
Delivery expense 1,600
Sales revenue 1,100,000
Utilities for plant 16,000
Rent on plant 9,000
Customer service hotline costs 19,000
Direct labor 210,000
Prepare a schedule of cost of goods manufactured for Piedmont Computer Company for the month ended January 31, 2020.
Power Switch, Inc. designs and manufactures switches used in telecommunications. Serious flooding throughout North Carolina affected Power Switch’s facilities. Inventory was completely ruined, and the company’s computer system, including all accounting records, was destroyed.
Before the disaster recovery specialists clean the buildings, Stephen Plum, the company controller, is anxious to salvage whatever records he can to support an insurance claim for the destroyed inventory. He is standing in what is left of the accounting department with Paul Lopez, the cost accountant.
“I didn’t know mud could smell so bad,” Paul says. “What should I be looking for?”
“Don’t worry about beginning inventory numbers,” responds Stephen, “we’ll get them from last year’s annual report. We need first-quarter cost data.”
“I was working on the first-quarter results just before the storm hit,” Paul says. “Look, my report is still in my desk drawer. All I can make out is that for the first quarter, direct material purchases were \(476,000 and direct labor, manufacturing overhead, and total manufacturing costs to account for were \)505,000, \(245,000, and \)1,425,000, respectively. Wait! Cost of goods available for sale was \(1,340,000.”
“Great,” says Stephen. “I remember that sales for the period were approximately \)1,700,000. Given our gross profit of 30%, that’s all you should need.”
Paul is not sure about that but decides to see what he can do with this information. The beginning inventory numbers were:
• Direct Materials, \(113,000
• Work-in-Process, \)229,000
• Finished Goods, $154,000
Requirements
1. Prepare a schedule showing each inventory account and the increases and decreases to each account. Use it to determine the ending inventories of Direct Materials, Work-in-Process, and Finished Goods.
2. Itemize a list of the cost of inventory lost.
Calculating income and cost per service for a service company
Buddy Grooming provides grooming services for pets. In April, the company earned \(16,300 in revenues and incurred the following operating costs to groom 660 dogs:
Wages Expense \) 4,061
Grooming Supplies Expense 1,675
Building Rent Expense 900
Utilities Expense 305
Depreciation Expense—Equipment 55
Requirements 1. What is Buddy’s operating income for April?
How does a merchandising company calculate unit cost per item?
Identifying product costs and period costs Classify each cost of a paper manufacturer as either a product cost or a period cost:
i. Life insurance on the CEO.
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