Just in Time and Backflush Costing
Just in Time and Backflush Costing
Just in Time and Backflush Costing
2. It is a product costing system that is usually used for just-in-time production systems since it eliminates
the detailed tracking of cost throughout the production system and only prepares journal entries at the
specified trigger points.
a. Backflush costing
b. Standard costing
c. Normal costing
d. Traditional costing
3. Which costing method is the most appropriate when using backflush costing in a just-in-time inventory
system?
a. Normal costing
b. Actual costing
c. Standard costing
d. Budgeted costing
6. Statement I: In a just-in-time (TI) environment, the optimal situation is to have only one vendor tor any
given item.
Statement II: When a company adopts the just-in-lime (JIl) system, the benelits from this system will
immediately show in the company's performance.
a. Statement 1 is TRUE and statement 2 is FALSE
b. Statement 1 is FALSE and statement 2 is TRUE
c. Both statements are TRUE
d. Both statements are FALSE
7. It is a cost accounting method that speeds up, simplifies, and minimizes accounting effort in ar
environment that minimizes inventory balances, requires few allocations, and ideally uses standard
costing with minimal variances
a. Normal Costing
b. Standard Costing
c. Backflush Costing
d. Activity Based Costing
8. Under Backflush Costing, when the company purchases materials from the supplier, the journal entry
to record the transaction involves a
a. debit to Raw Materials Inventory account
b. debit to Raw and In-Process account
c. credit to Raw and In-Process account
d. credit to Raw Materials Inventory account
9. Backflush costing uses trigger points in recording the transactions, which of the following is not
considered as a trigger point?
a. Purchase
b. Completion
c. Sale
d. All of them are trigger points
11. It is an inventory strategy a company employs to increase efficiency and decrease waste by receiving
and producing goods as they are needed in the production process, thereby reducing inventory costs.
a. ABC inventory system
b. Min-max inventory system
c. Pareto/80-20 inventory rule
d. Just In Time Inventory System
13. Which of the following is to be expected when a traditional manufacturing firm shifts to a just in time
system?
a. Idle time will increase
b. Carrying costs will increase
c. Number of suppliers will increase
d. Quality of products will increase
14. Which costing method is the most appropriate when using backflush costing in a just-in-time inventory
system?
a. Normal costing
b. Actual costing
c. Standard costing
d. Budgeted costing
15. Which of the following is not a benefit of utilizing a just-in-time inventory system?
a. Lowering the cost of inventory
b. Enhanced product quality and delivery time
c. Less margin for errors in the production process
d. Accounting procedures are simplified through backflush costing.
20. When JIT is implemented, which of the following changes in the accounting system would not be
expected?
a. fewer cost allocations
b. elimination of standard costs
c. combining labor and overhead into one product cost category
d. combing raw material and materials in work-in-process into one product cost category
21. Striving for flexibility in the number of products that can be produced in a short period of time is
characteristic of
a. EOQ systems.
b. push systems in general.
c. JIT.
d. pull systems in general.
24. In a JIT manufacturing environment, product costing information is least important for use in
a. work in process inventory valuation.
b. pricing decisions.
c. product profitability analysis.
d. make-or-buy decisions.
25. With JIT manufacturing, which of the following costs would be considered an indirect product cost?
a. cost of specific-purpose equipment
b. cost of equipment maintenance
c. property taxes on the plant
d. salary of a manufacturing cell worker
26. With JIT manufacturing, which of the following costs would be considered a direct product cost?
a. insurance on the plant
b. repair parts for machinery
c. janitors' salaries
d. salary of the plant supervisor
28. The JIT environment has caused a reassessment of product costing techniques. Which of the
following statements is true with respect to this reassessment?
a. Traditional cost allocations based on direct labor are being questioned and criticized.
b. The federal government, through the SEC, is responsible for the reassessment.
c. The reassessment is caused by the replacement of machine hours with labor hours.
d. None of the above is true.
30. Which of the following describes the effect on direct labor when management adopts the JIT
philosophy?
a. Each direct labor person performs a single task, thereby allowing that person to reach his or her
theoretical potential.
b. Because each person runs a single machine in a JIT environment, there are more employees
classified as direct labor.
c. The environment becomes more labor-intensive.
d. Machine operators are expected to run several different types of machines, help set up for
production runs, and identify and repair machinery needing maintenance.
34. An implication of the demand-pull nature of the JIT production process is that
a. finished goods inventories must be available to meet customer demand, although raw material is
delivered on an as-needed basis.
b. more storage space for inventories is necessary.
c. finished products are packaged and shipped to customers immediately, thus requiring minimal
finished goods inventories.
d. problem areas become less visible as inventories are reduced.
35. In accounting for JIT operations, the Raw Material Inventory account
a. is closely monitored to ensure that materials are always on hand in time.
b. can be expected to have a larger balance than with traditional manufacturing methods.
c. is combined with the Work In Process Inventory account.
d. is combined with the Finished Goods Inventory account.
37. The JIT philosophy indicates that inventory, as well as which of the following, should be eliminated?
40. The budgeted cell conversion cost rate includes which of the following?
a. factory overhead only
b. direct labor and direct materials only
c. direct labor, direct materials, and factory overhead
d. direct labor and factory overhead only
1. LL2 Company uses a highly efficient just-in-time manufacturing system. The company uses backflush
costing for recording its production. The following transactions occurred for the year ended December 31,
2020:
I. Assuming the company has three trigger points in its backflush costing system, the entry to record the
sale of goods would include a debit to cost of goods sold account for P420,000 and a credit to:
a. Trade pavable account for 200,000
b. Finished goods account for 420,000
c. Accrued factor bavroll account for 80,000
d. Raw materials and in process account for 200,000
II. Assume that the company has two trigger points in its backflush costing system, namely in the
purchase of materials stage and in the sale of goods stage. the entry to record the sale of goods
would include:
2. GHY Company has a cycle time of 2 davs. It uses a raw materials and in process account and charges
all conversion costs to cost of goods sold. At the end of each month. all inventories are counted
conversion costs components are estimated and inventor account balances are adiusted. Raw material
cost is backflushed from the raw materials and in process account to the finished goods account. The
following information is provided for the month of December:
II. How much is the conversion cost included cost of goods sold in June?
a. 494,000
b. 800,000
c. 1,285,000
d. 1,294,000
III. How much direct materials were backflushed from RIP to finished goods?
a. 489,000
b. 494,000
c. 500,000
d. 1,285,000
IV. How much direct materials were backtlushed from finished goods to cost of goods sold.
a. 489,000
b. 494,000
c. 500,000
d. 1,285,000
3. Hublot Co. adopted the Just-In-Time (JIT) production system and used Backflush Costing to account
the cost of the produced goods. The following data were given:
There were no beginning inventories for raw materials, work-in-process, and finished goods.
I. What is the ending balance of the Raw and In-Process / Materials In-Process account?
a. 10,000
b. 20.000
c. 30.000
d. 0
I. What is the amount of materials that is backflushed from Raw and In-Process to Finished Goods?
a. 1.450.000
b. 1,550,000
c. 1,500,000
d. 1.400.000
II. Assume the answer in No. 1 and the applied conversion cost amounting to P1,350,000 were for the
200,000 units completed. What is the cost of goods sold if only 180,000 units were sold?
a. 2,610,000
b. 2,565,000
c. 2,520.000
d. 2,475,000
5. The Pampanga Manufacturing Company uses a raw and in process (RIP) inventory account and
expenses 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. Raw materials cost is backflushed from
RIP to Finished Goods. The following information is for the month of April:
6. The Bulacan Manufacturing Company produces only for customer order and most work is shipped
within thirty-six hours of the receipt of an order. Bulacan uses a raw and in process (RIP) inventory
account and expenses of 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 competent is estimated, and the RIP account balance is adjusted
accordingly. Raw material cost is backflushed from RIP to Cost of Goods Sold. The following information
is for the month of May.
II. Compute the amount of Cost of Goods Sold after all transactions and adjustments were made
a. 246,000
b. 246,200
c. 247,000
d. 245,000
7. Changi Ong, general manager of Casio Corporation's Midwest Division, has provided the following
information for transactions that occurred during March. This division uses a JIT costing system.
(a) Raw materials were purchased at the cost of P97,000
(b) All materials purchased were requisitioned for production.
(c) Direct labor costs of P77,000 were incurred.
(d) Actual factory overhead costs amounted to P255,000.
(e) Applied conversion costs totalled P300,000. This included P77,000 of direct labor.
(f) All units were completed.
8. Katherine, owner of KCO Supply Company in Cebu, which manufactures chopsticks for restaurants,
has recently decided to implement a JIT costing system. Transactions for August are as follows:
(a) Raw materials were purchased at the cost of P950,000
(b) All materials purchased were requisitioned for production.
(c) Direct labor costs of P2,500,000 were incurred.
(d) Actual factory overhead costs amounted to P6,000,000.
(e) Applied conversion costs totalled P8,100,000. This included P2,500,000 of direct labor.
(f) All units were completed.
II. Compute the amount of Finished goods after all transactions have been completed
a. P8,500,000
b. P9,050,000
c. P10,600,000
d. P9,650,000
9. G. Bello, general manager of a highly automated coffee production plant in Laguna, Ilocos Sur, has
provided the following information for transactions that occurred during October. The production plant
uses a JIT costing system.
I. Determined the October 31 balance in the Cost of Goods Sold account. No adiustment has been made
for overapplied or underapplied conversion cost.
a. 1,300,000
b. 1,495,000
c. 1,600,000
d. 1,195,000
300,000
1,300,000
1,600,000
II. What was the overapplied or underapplied conversion costs for the month?
a. 305,000 overapplied
b. 195,000 underapplied
c. 105,000 overapplied
d. 105,000 underapplied
III. What is the Cost of Goods Sold after all transactions-adjustments have been completed?
a. 1,304,000
b. 1,495,000
c. 1,600,000
d. 1,195,000
10. Ube Jewelry Factory manufacturer a variety of costume jewelry. The owner Rita Conrad had recently
decided to implement a JIT Costing System. Transactions during September were as follows:
I. Determine the September 30 balance in the cost of goods sold amount. No adjustment has been made
for overapplied or underapplied conversion cost:
a. 266,000
b. 276,000
c. 221,000
d. 220,000
II. What was the overapplied or underapplied conversion costs for the month?
a. 16,000 overapplied
b. 16,000 underapplied
c. 10,000 underapplied
d. (10,000) overapplied
11. Kara Manufacturing used backflush costing to account for an electronic meter it makes. During August
2008, the firm produced 16,000 meters, of which it sold P15,800. The standard cost for each meter Is:
Direct materials 20
Conversion costs 44
64
Assume that the firm had no inventory on August 1. The following events took place in August:
- Purchased P320,000 of direct materials.
- Incurred P708,000 conversion costs
- Applied P704,000 of conversion costs to Raw and In Process Inventory (RIP)
- Finished 16,000 meters.
- Sold 15,800 meters for P100 each.
12. Timberlake Manufacturing Corp uses a JIT production system. The following transactions transpired
during the year ended December 31, 2023:
a. Purchased raw materials account on account, P1,500,000
b. Only P10,000 materials were left unused by the end of the year
c. Actual direct labor costs of P700,000 were incurred.
d. Actual factory overhead costs totaled P500,000.
f. P1,200,000 conversion costs were applied to production.
g. All units were completed and sold with the exception of P20,000 left in finished goods inventory.
I. Assuming first that the company uses a traditional costing method, the entry to record the purchase will
include:
a. Debit to raw materials, P1,500,000
b. Debit to raw materials and in process, P1,500,000
c. Debit to finished goods, P1,500,000
d. No entry
II. Assuming that the company uses a backflush costing system with three trigger points, the entry to
record the purchase will include:
a. Debit to raw materials, P1,500,000
b. Debit to raw materials and in process, P1,500,000
c. Debit to finished goods, P1,500,000
d. No entry
III. Assuming that the company uses a backflush costing system with two trigger points, with purchase as
one of the trigger points, the entry to record the sale will include:
a. No entry
b. Debit to finished goods, P20,000
c. Debit to finished goods, P2,690,000
d. Debit to cost of goods sold, P2,690,000
IV. Assuming that the company uses a backflush costing system with two trigger points, with production
completion as one of the trigger points, the entry to record the sale will include:
a. No entry
b. Debit to finished goods, P20,000
c. Debit to finished goods, P2,690,000
d. Debit to cost of goods sold, P2,670,000
V. Assuming that the company uses a backflush costing system with only one trigger point, the entry to
record the sale will include:
a. Debit to raw materials and in process, P10,000
b. Debit to finished goods, P20,000
c. Debit to cost of goods sold, P2,670,000
d. All of the above
13. Bieber Productions Incorporated uses a backflush costing system. At the end of each month, all
inventories are counted, conversion costs components are estimated, and inventory account balances are
adiusted. Raw material cost is backflushed from the raw materials and in process account to the finished
goods account. The following information is provided for the month of December:
I. How much direct materials were backflushed from RIP to finished goods?
a. 816,000
b. 819,000
c. 1,007,000
d. 1,826,000
II. How much direct materials were backflushed from finished goods to cost of goods sold?
a. 816,000
b. 819,000
c. 1,007,000
d. 1,826,000
14. Recon Co. operates in a just-in-time (JIT) manufacturing environment. For June production, Recon
purchased 2,000 units of raw materials at P6.00 per unit. The journal entry required to record this
transaction is:
15. Mitchell Manufacturing operates in a just-in-time (JIT) manufacturing environment. Mitchell's actual
conversion costs for the month of April follow:
16. Foley Electronics Corporation manufactures and assembles electronic motor drives for video
cameras. The company assembles the motor drives for several accounts. The process consists of a just-
in-time cell for each customer. The following information relates only to one customer's just-in-time cell.
For the year planned labor and overhead was P76,800,000; materials costs, P25 per unit. Planned
production included 9,600 hours to produce 76,800 motor drives. Actual production for the month of
August was 5,200 units, and motor drives shipped amounted to 5,040 units. From the foregoing
information, determine the budgeted cell conversion cost per hour.
a. P8,800
b. P800
c. P7,200
d. P8,000
17. Foley Electronics Corporation manufactures and assembles electronic motor drives for video
cameras. The company assembles the motor drives for several accounts. The process consists of a just-
in-time cell for each customer. The following information relates only to one customer's just-in-time cell for
the coming year. Projected labor and overhead, P4,800,000; materials costs, P25 per unit. Planned
production included 2,400 hours to produce 19,200 motor drives. Actual production for August was 1,300
units, and motor drives shipped amounted to 1,260 units.
From the foregoing information, determine the budgeted cell conversion cost per unit.
a. P250.00
b. P267.00
c. P308.00
d. P317.00
18. From the foregoing information, determine the manufacturing cost per unit.
a. P292.00
b. P275.00
c. P333.00
d. P342.00
19. From the foregoing information, determine the amount of the conversion costs charged to Raw and In
Process Inventory during August.
a. 440,000
b. 400,000
c. 360,000
d. 325,000
20. From the foregoing information, determine the production costs transferred to Finished Goods during
August.
a. P346,500
b. P412,500
c. P357,500
d. P400,000
21. From the foregoing information, determine the production costs transferred to Cost of Goods Sold
during August.
a. P357,500
b. P412,500
c. P400,000
d. P346,500
22. Ambiong Company operates a demand-pulled manufacturing system wherein delivery is made within
24 hours from the receipt of a customer order. Ambiong maintains a Raw and In Process account and
expenses all conversion costs to cost of goods sold. No finished goods account is maintained since all
production runs are immediately delivered. At the end of each month, the conversion costs is estimated in
ending inventories and the Raw and In Process account is adjusted accordingly. Raw material cost is
backflushed to cost of goods sold. The following information is for the month of May:
I. Compute the amount to be backflushed from Raw and In Process to Cost of Goods Sold.
a. P246,000
b. P246,200
c. P247,000
d. P245,000
II. Compute the amount of cost of goods sold after all adjustments
a. P306,000
b. P306,200
c. P307,000
d. P246,200
23. Toyota Manufacturing Company (TMC) has a demand pulled manufacturing process. Goods
completed are immediately delivered to customers thereby it does not maintain a finished goods account.
TMC uses a raw and in process (RIP) account to record raw materials and inprocess items. At the end of
the year, the production engineer of Toyota Manufacturing Company estimates the RIP account at
P120,000. This balance is P20,000 higher than the last year’s balance. Also P12,000 of this increase is
attributable to raw materials in the RIP account. The journal entry to adjust the records will likely include a
a. debit to RIP.
b. debit to COGS
c. credit to materials
d. credit to conversion costs
1. Giardini del Sole Wooden Furnitures uses a Raw and In Process (RIP) inventory account. Raw material
cost is backflushed from RIP to Finished Goods account. The following data pertains to the month of
March, 2019:
Required: Compute for the amount of direct materials and conversion costs to be backflushed to Finished
Goods.
2. FLM Company, manufacturer of ballpens, has recently decided to implement a JIT costing system
Transactions for June are as follows:
a. Raw materials were purchased at cost of P900,000
b. All raw materials purchased were requisitioned for production.
c. Direct labor costs of P2,000,000 were incurred.
d. Actual factory overhead costs amounted to P5,000,000.
e. Applied conversion costs total P8,000,000, which includes the P2,000,000 direct labor.
f. All units were completed.
Required: Determine the amount to be backflushed from Raw and In Process (RIP) to Finished Goods
(FG) and the amount of Finished Goods after all transactions have been completed
3. HV Manufacturing uses backflush costing to account for an electronic meter it makes. During June
2019, the firm produced 15,000 meters of which it sold 15,800. The standard cost for each meter is:
Assume that the firm had no inventory on June 1. The following events took place in June:
a. Purchased P350 000 of direct materials
b. Incurred P705,000 of conversion costs
c. Applied P990,000 to Raw and In Process Inventory (RIP)
d. Finished 18,000 meters.
e. Sold 17,800 meters for P98 each.
Required: Determine the amount to be backflushed from RIP to Finished Goods and the June 30 (ending
balance) of Finished Goods account.
4. Rigel Company uses a backflush cosing system with three trigger points. There are no beginning
inventories. The following data pertain to July, 2019:
Required: Compute for the balance of Raw and In Process (RIP) account for July, 2019.
5. Eagleman Company produces portable DVD. For the month of November, there were no beginning
inventory of raw materials and no beginning and ending balances for Work-in-Process. It uses JIT
manufacturing system and backflush costing with two trigger points in its accounting system: (1) purchase
of raw materials and (2) sale of finished goods.
The standard cost per unit for direct materials is P30 and conversion cost P10. The following data
pertains to November production:
Required: Compute the balances of RIP and CGS accounts at the end of November.
6. The Backflushers Manufacturing Corp. uses a Raw and In Process inventory account and expenses all
conversion costs to the cost of goods sold account. At the end of the month, all inventories are counted,
their conversion cost components are estimated, and inventory account balances are adjusted
accordingly. Raw material cost is backflushed from RIP to finished goods. The following information is for
the month of May:
Raw and In Process inventory account, May 1, including P500 of conversion cost 5,000
Raw materials received during May (50% down, balance four installments) 100,000
Raw and In Process inventory account, May 31, including P650 of estimated 5,250
conversion cost
Raw and In Process inventory account, May 1, including P500 of conversion cost 5,000
Finished goods inventory, May 1, including P3,250 of conversion cost 11,250
Raw materials received during May (50% down, balance in four installments) 100,000
Raw and In Process inventory account, May 31, including P650 of estimated 5,250
conversion cost
Finished goods inventory account, May 31, including P2,500 conversion cost estimate 7,500
8. The Nite Lite Company has budgeted its conversion cost for the small lamp production as P58,000 for
1,200 production hours. Each unit produced by the cell requires 20 minutes of process time. During the
month, 3,500 units are manufactured in the cell. the estimated material costs per unit is P17.00.
9. Weloc Company produces parts for the auto industry. Part X2 is machined in Department #1, which
has the following budgeted conversion costs:
Labor 220,000
Depreciation 30,000
Maintenance 10,000
Supplies 25,600
Total 285,600
All costs are driven by machine hours. Total possible hours for the year are 2,400. It takes .03 hours to
machine one unit of Part X2.
Required:
(a) Compute Department #1's budgeted cell conversion cost rate for the current year.
(b) Compute Part X2's budgeted cell conversion cost per unit
10. Fashion Pattern Company makes dressmakers' patterns using a machine that stamps the pattern
outline onto tissue paper. The stamping center produced 30,000 patterns in August, with a machine time
per pattern of 15 seconds. Annual budgeted cell conversion costs were as follows:
Required: Calculate Fashion's budgeted cell conversion cost rate for the year.
11. The Jackson Co. operates in a just-in-time (JIT) manufacturing environment. During 2008, its first year
of operations, Jackson budgeted for 40,000 hours in the production of 100,000 units in its cell X-22.
Material costs were P7 per unit. Cell X-22 conversion costs were budgeted for the year as follows:
During January, 8,200 units were manufactured, and 8,000 were sold shipped to customers for and P35
each. For the month of January, journalize:
1. the material purchases
2. application of conversion costs
3. the transfer from work in process to finished goods; and
4. to record the sales and associated cost of goods sold
12.
Purchase of direct materials 200,000
Direct materials used 180,000
Conversion costs incurred 250,000
Conversion costs applied 300,000
The inventory of direct materials increased by P20,000 (P200,000 - P180,000) during the month and
conversion costs were applied by P50,000 (P300,000 - P250,000). The company charges overapplied or
underapplied conversion cost to cost of goods sold at the end of the year.