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CPAR produces products two products: L and H. Both are produced on the same
equipment and use similar processes. Production data are as follows:
Product L Product H
Machine hours per unit 2 2
Direct labor hours per unit 4 4
Units produced 1,000 10,000
Total machine hours 2,000 20,000
Total direct labor hours 4,000 40,000
Number of purchase orders 80 160
Number of set-ups 40 60
It is the latter characteristics which gives rise to the name of Just in Time. Production
only takes place when there is actual customer demand for the product so JIT works on
a pull-trough basis which means that products are not made to go into stock. JIT
systems result in reduction in inventories so that inventory valuation becomes less
relevant. Simplified accounting procedures can be used for allocation costs between
cost of sales and inventories. This simplified procedure is known as backflush costing.
Candidates should be familiar with the features and the accounting procedures of
backflush costing.
Backflush Costing
Backflush costing is a costing system that omits recording some or all of the journal
entries relating to the cycle from purchase of direct materials (stage 1) to production
resulting in Work in Process (stage 2) to manufacture of finished goods (stage 3) and to
the sale of finished goods (stage 4). When journal entries for one or more stages in the
cycle are omitted, the journal entries for subsequent stage use normal or standard costs
to work backward to flush out the costs in the cycle for which journal entries were not
made. No separate accounting for work in process is made.
Actual conversion costs are recorded as incurred, just the same as conventional
recording systems. Conversion costs are then applied to products at various trigger
points. It is assumed that any conversion cost not applied to products are carried
forward and disposed of a year-end.
Under backflush costing, costs are applied to products when production is completed.
The following three methods illustrate backflush costing. The three method differ in the
number of trigger points at which journal entries are made in the accounting system.
In all three methods, there are no journal entries in the accounting system for work in
process (stage2). These three methods are usually used where the amounts of work in
process are small.
The cost per unit is P31 (19 materials + P12 conversion costs). There are no opening
stocks and for simplicity it is assumed that there are no variances. Using the backflush
Costing the journal entries under the three methods are:
Entry C gives backflush costing its name. Note, costs have not been recorded
sequentially with the flow of product along its production route through work in process
and finished goods. Instead, the output trigger point reaches back and pulls the direct
materials costs From Raw and in Process account and the conversion costs for
manufacturing the finished goods
The above method doesnt record accounts payable for direct materials until the
products being manufactured are completed. This method of backflush costing is
feasible only if there is a short log between receipts of direct materials and completion
of production.
Problems
1. Uratex company manufactures a variety of classroom chairs. Its job-costing system
uses an activity-based approach. There are two direct-cost categories (direct materials
and direct labor) and there indirect cost pools. The cost pools represent three activity
areas at the plant.
Two styles of chairs were produced on March, the high school chair, and the college
chair. Their quantities, direct material costs, and other data for March 2013 are as
follows:
Direct Direct
Units Materials Number Manufacturing
Produced Costs of Parts Labor hours
The direct labor rate is P20 per hour. Assume no begging or ending inventory.
What are the unit cost of the high school chair and college chair?
Manila Companys previous costing system had one direct-cost category (direct
materials) and one indirect-cost category (manufacturing overhead allocated at therate
of P100 per assembly-hour).
In comparison to the traditional costing system used by Manila Company, the total
manufacturing cost of the machines sold under the ABC is:
a. P114,850 higher
b. P141,850 lower
c. P114,950 higher
d. Equal
3. Believing that its traditional cost system may be providing misleading information,
BMW company is considering an activity based costing approach, it now employs a full
cost system and has been applying its manufacturing overhead on the basis of machine
hours.
No. 3 Continued
The company plans on using 50,000 direct labor hours and 30,000 machine hours
in the coming year. The following data show the manufacturing overhead that is
budgeted.
Cost, sales, and production data for one of the companys product for the coming year
are as follows:
Prime Costs:
Direct material cost per unit P4.40
Direct labor cost per unit, .05 direct labor
hour@P15 per hour 0.75
Sales and production data:
Expected sales 20,000 units
Batch size 5,000 units
Setups 2 per batch
Total parts per finished unit 5 parts
Machine hours required 90 machine hours per batch
If the company employs an activity-based costing system, the cost per unit for the
product described for the coming year will be:
a. P6.00
b. P6.08
c. P6.21
d. P6.30
4. Tamiya Corporation has use a traditional costing system to apply quality control costs
uniformly to all products at a rate of 14.5% of direct labor cost. Monthly direct labor
cost for its Product X is P275,000. in an attempt to distribute quality control costs more
equitable, Tamiya is considering activity-based costing (ABC). The June data shown
below have been gathered for Product X.
5. Yokomo Inc. accumulated the following cost information for its products, A and B.
Product A Product B
Units produced 2,000 1,000
Total direct labor hours 5,000 20,000
Set-up cost per batch P1,000 P2,000
Batch size 100 50
Total setup cost incurred P20,000 P40,000
Direct labor hour per unit 2 1
A traditional costing system would allocate setup costs on the basis of direct labor
hours. An ABC system would trace costs by spreading the cost per batch over the units
in a batch. What is the setup cost per unit of Product A under each costing system?
Traditional costing ABC
a. P4.80 P10
b. P2.40 P10
c. P40.00 P200
d. P4.80 P20
6. Product ABC uses 200 hours of direct labor and has 2,000 machine set-ups. Larry Tan,
the cost accountant, has been considering using either direct labor hours or machine
set-ups as the cost driver. The ratio of overhead cost to direct labor hours is P60. The
assignment of overhead cost to Product ABC using direct labor hours would result in a
higher charge by P4,000 than if machine set-ups were used as the cost driver.
a. P6
b. P2
c. P60
d. P4
Amount
Activity Center Cost Driver of activity Center Costs
Job RST contains 3,000 units. It weights 10,000 kilos and uses 300 hours of labor
a. P31,955
b. P27,750
c. P26,000
d. P32,000
Omega Company is preparing its annual profit plan. As part of its analysis of the
profitability of individual products, the controller estimates the amount of overhead
that should be allocated to the individual product lines from the information given as
follows:
Wall Specialty
Mirrors Windows
Units produced 25 25
Material moves per product line 5 15
Direct labor hours per unit 200 200
Budgeted materials handling costs P50,000
Under a costing system that allocates overhead on the basis of direct labor hours
(traditional), the materials handling costs allocated to one unit of wall mirrors would be
a. P1,000
b. P500
c. P2,000
d. P5,000
9. Under activity based costing (ABC), what is the materials handling costs allocated to
one unit of wall mirrors?
a. P1,000
b. P500
c. P1,500
d. P2,000
10. Delta Machine Toll Incorporated produces a varied product line without the use of
direct labor. An extensive setup procedure is required. Because no single base for a
predetermined overhead rate will provide Delta with reliable product cost information,
overhead is classified into two cost pools and two predetermined overhead rates are
used. For 2013, it is estimated that total overhead cost will consist of P525,000 of
overhead related to setups and P900,000 of overhead related to machine usage. Total
machine usage is expected to be 3,600 hours for the year, and the total number of
setups is expected to be 300.
Job RST requires parts and materials costing P56,000, 70hours of machine time, and
four setups.
a. P80,500
b. P78,500
c. P83,050
d. P79,500
11. The Love Company seeks to streamline the costing system at its Manila plant. It will
use a backflush costing system with three trigger points:
No. 11 Continued
Assume no materials variances. The balance or RIP account at the end of April
2013 is:
a. P30,000
b. P880,000
c. P850,000
d. P0
12. The Futaba Manufacturing Company uses raw and in process (RIP) inventory
account. At the end of each month, all inventories are counted, their conversion costs
components are estimated, and inventory account balances are adjusted accordingly.
Raw materials cost is backflushed from RIP account to finished goods account. The
following data is for the month of August:
The amount of direct materials and conversion costs to backflushed to finished goods
are:
No. 13 Continued
Actions May standard costs per meter are direct materials, p25; and conversion
costs, P20. The following data apply to May manufacturing:
The balance of raw and in process and finished goods inventory accounts at the
end of May are:
14. The Pit Shop Company produces telephones. For June, there were no beginning
inventory of raw materials and no beginning and ending work in process. Pit Shop uses
JIT manufacturing system and backflush costing with two trigger points for making
entries in its accounting system.
Pit Shops standard cost per unit of telephone in June is direct materials, P26; and
conversion costs, P15. The following data apply to June production:
15. The Hudy manufacturing company uses raw and in process (RIP) inventory account
and expensed all conversion costs to the cost of goods sold account. At the end of each
month, all inventories are counted, their conversion cost components are estimated,
and inventory account balances are adjusted accordingly. Raw materials cost is
backflushed fro RIP to finished goods. The following information is for the month if Pril:
What is the amount of materials used to be backflushed from RIP to finished goods?
a. P365,000
b. P368,600
c. P367,000
d. P365,400
16. The HPI manufacturing company produces only for customers order and most work
is shipped within thirty-six hour after the receipt of an order. HPI uses a raw and in
process (RIP) inventory account and expensed all conversion costs to the cost of goods
sold account. Work is shipped immediately upon completion, so there is no finished
goods account. At the end of each month, inventory is counted, its conversion cost
component is estimated, and the RIP to cost of goods sold. The following information is
for the month of May:
What is the amount of raw materials used to be backflushed from RIP to cost of goods
sold?
a. P246,000
b. P246,200
c. P247,000
d. P245,000
17. What is the over-allocated or under-allocated conversion costs for the month?
a. P305,000 over-allocated
b. P195,000 under-allocated
c. P105,000 over-allocated
d. P105,000 under-allocated
a. P1,300,000
b. P1,495,000
c. P1,600,000
d. P1,195,000
19. Basilio Company has a cycle time of 3 days, uses raw and in process (RIP) account,
and charges all conversion costs to cost of goods sold. At the end of each month, all
inventories are counted, their conversion costs components are estimated, and
inventory account balances are adjusted. Raw material cost is backflushed from RIP to
finished goods. The following information is for June:
a. P825,250
b. P825,000
c. P840,000
d. P824,750
20. If Edsa Company has material cost of P10,000 in the June 1 RIP inventory account,
and P12,500 in June 30 RIP inventory account and the amount or raw materials used
backflushed from RIP inventory account on June 30 is P202,500, what is the amount of
raw materials purchased on credit for the month of June?
a. P205,000
b. P200,000
c. P225,000
d. P200,000
ANSWERS
1. d 6. d 11. a 16. c
2. a 7. c 12. c 17. c
3.d 8. a 13. c 18. c
4.b 9.b 14. a 19. d
5. a 10. a 15. d 20. a
College chair:
3. Overhead rates:
Material handling (P720,000/6,000,000 parts) P0.12
Setup costs (P315,000/750 setups) 420
Machining costs (P540,000/30,000 hours) 18.00
Quality control activity (225,000/500 batches) 450
Overhead costs:
Material handling (20,000 units x 5 parts)xP0.12 P12,000
Setup cost activity (20,000 units / 5,000 x 2 setups)xP420 3,360
Machining activity (20,000 units / 5,000 x 80 hrs.)xP18 5,760
Quality control activity (20,000 units / 5,000)xP450 1,800
Total P22,920*
4. ABC:
7. Cost Assignment:
Materials handling (P50,000/100,000)x10,000 P5,000
Painting (P200,000/50,00)x3,000 12,000
Assembly (P120,000/4,000)x300 9,000
Total P26,000*
Answer (b) is incorrect because P500 is the allocation based on number of material
moves. Answer (c) is incorrect because P2,000 assumes that all the overhead is allocated
to the wall mirrors. Answer (d) is incorrect because P5,000 assumes overhead of
P250,000.
9. ABC allocates overhead costs on the basis of some casual relationship between the
incurrence of cost and activities. Because the moves for wall mirrors constitute 25%
(5/20) of total moves, the mirrors should absorb 25% of the total materials handling
costs, or P12,500 (25%xP50,000). The remaining P37,500 is allocated to specialty
windows. The cost per unit of wall mirrors is P500 (P12,500/25)
Answer (a) is incorrect because P1,000 uses direct labor as the allocation basis. Answer
(c) is incorrect because P4,500 is the allocation per unit of specialty windows. Answer
(d) is incorrect because P2,500 is not based on the number of material moves.
10. Overhead rates:
Per machine hour P900,000/3,600 machine hours P250*
Per setup P525,000/300 setups P1,750*
18. Materials used to be backflushed from RIP to cost of goods sold P300,000
Applied conversion costs to production 1,300,000
Cost of goods sold balance, October 31 P1,600,000*