Question

Old Country Links, Inc., produces sausages in three production departments—Mixing, Casing and Curing, and Packaging. In the Mixing Department, meats are prepared and ground and then mixed with spices. The spiced meat mixture is then transferred to the Casing and Curing Department, where the mixture is force-fed into casings and then hung and cured in climate-controlled smoking chambers. In the Packaging Department, the cured sausages are sorted, packed, and labeled. The company uses the weighted-average method in its process costing system. Data for September for the Casing and Curing Department follow:

		Percent Completed
	Units	Mixing		Materials		Conversion
Work in process inventory, September 1	5	100	%	60	%	50	%
Work in process inventory, September 30	5	100	%	20	%	10	%

	Mixing		Materials		Conversion
Work in process inventory, September 1	$	9,985	$	110	$	295
Cost added during September	$	275,015	$	26,462	$	153,935

Mixing cost represents the costs of the spiced meat mixture transferred in from the Mixing Department. The spiced meat mixture is processed in the Casing and Curing Department in batches; each unit in the above table is a batch and one batch of spiced meat mixture produces a set amount of sausages that are passed on to the Packaging Department. During September, 145 batches (i.e., units) were completed and transferred to the Packaging Department.

Required:

5. Prepare a cost reconciliation report for the Casing and Curing Department for September.

Prepare a cost reconciliation report for the Casing and Curing Department for September. (Round your intermediate calculations to 1 decimal place and your final answers to the nearest whole dollar amount.)

I need help with the top three with the question marks.

	Casing and Curing Department Cost Reconciliation Costs to be accounted for: Cost of beginning work in process inventory ? Costs added to production during the period ? Total cost to be accounted for ? Costs accounted for as follows: Cost of ending work in process inventory $10,212 Cost of units completed and transferred out 455,590 Total cost accounted for $465,802

Answer 1

Answers

Casing and Curing Department
Cost Reconciliation
Costs to be accounted for:
Cost of beginning work in process inventory	$    10,390
Costs added to production during the period	$ 455,412
Total cost to be accounted for	$ 465,802
Costs accounted for as follows:
Cost of ending work in process inventory	$     10,212
Cost of units completed and transferred out	$ 455,590
Total cost accounted for	$ 465,802

Calculations:

Casing and Curing Department
Cost Reconciliation
Costs to be accounted for:
Cost of beginning work in process inventory	= $ 9,985 + $ 110 + $ 295
Costs added to production during the period	= $ 275,015 + $ 26,462 + $ 153,935
Total cost to be accounted for	= $ 10,390 + $ 455,412

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