Question:
Prepare a Production Cost Report and Adjust Inventory Balances: Weighted-Average Method
Elmhurst Parts's initial and unaudited records show the following ending inventory balances, which must be adjusted to actual costs:
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Units
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Unaudited Costs
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Work-in-process inventory
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120,000
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$793,152
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Finished goods inventory
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20,000
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337,560
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As the auditor, you have learned the following information. Ending work-in-process inventory is 40 percent complete with respect to conversion costs. Materials are added at the beginning of the manufacturing process, and overhead is applied at the rate of 80 percent of the direct labor costs. There was no finished goods inventory at the start of the period. The following additional information is also available:
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Costs
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Units
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Direct Materials
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Direct Labor
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Beginning inventory
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(80% complete as to labor)
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80,000
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$ 240,000
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$ 546,000
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Units started
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400,000
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Current costs
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1,560,000
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2,208,000
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Units completed and transferred
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to finished goods inventory
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360,000
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Required
a. Prepare a production cost report for Elmhurst using the weighted-average method.
b. Show the journal entry required to correct the difference between the unaudited records and actual ending balances of Work-in-Process Inventory and Finished Goods Inventory. Debit or credit Cost of Goods Sold for any difference.
c. If the adjustment in requirement (b) is not made, will the company's income and inventories be overstated or understated?