answer 460960

enus Chocolate Company processes chocolate into candy bars. The process begins by placing direct materials (raw chocolate, milk, and sugar) into the Blending Department. All materials are placed into production at the beginning of the blending process. After blending, the milk chocolate is then transferred to the Molding Department, where the milk chocolate is formed into candy bars. The following is a partial work in process account of the Blending Department at March 31, 2012:

ACCOUNT Work in Process”Blending Department ACCOUNT NO.

Date Item Debit Credit Balance

Debit Credit

Mar. 1 Bal., 5,500 units, 4/5 completed 21,010

31 Direct materials, 220,000 units 704,000 725,010

31 Direct labor 139,800 864,810

31 Factory overhead 34,920 899,730

31 Goods transferred, 221,000 units ?

31 Bal., ? units, 2/5 completed ?

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1. Prepare a cost of production report, and identify the missing amounts for Work in Process”Blending Department. If an amount is zero, enter in a zero (0). When computing cost per equivalent units, round to two decimal places.

Venus Chocolate Company

Cost of Production Report-Blending Department

For the Month Ended March 31, 2012

Unit Information

Units charged to production:

Inventory in process, March 1

Received from materials storeroom

Total units accounted for by the Blending Department

Units to be assigned cost:

Equivalent Units

Whole Units

Direct Materials

Conversion

Inventory in process, March 1

Started and completed in March

Transferred to Blending Department in March

Inventory in process, March 31

Total units to be assigned cost

Cost Information

Costs per equivalent unit:

Direct Materials

Conversion

Total costs for March in Blending Department

$

$

Total equivalent units

Cost per equivalent unit

$

$

Costs charged to production:

Direct Materials

Conversion

Total

Inventory in process, March 1

$

Costs incurred in March

Total costs accounted for by the Blending Department

$

Cost allocated to completed and partially completed units:

Inventory in process, March 1 balance

$

To complete inventory in process, March 1

$

$

Cost of completed March 1 work in process

$

Started and completed in March

Transferred to Molding Department in March

$

Inventory in process, March 31

Total costs assigned by the Blending Department

$