©2003 Prentice Hall Business Publishing, Cost Accounting 11/e, Horngren/Datar/Foster Spoilage, Rework, and Scrap Chapter 18

©2003 Prentice Hall Business Publishing, Cost Accounting 11/e, Horngren/Datar/Foster Learning Objective 1 Distinguish among spoilage, rework, and scrap.

©2003 Prentice Hall Business Publishing, Cost Accounting 11/e, Horngren/Datar/Foster Terminology Spoilage refers to unacceptable units discarded or sold for reduced prices. Rework is units that are repaired. Scrap is material left over.

©2003 Prentice Hall Business Publishing, Cost Accounting 11/e, Horngren/Datar/Foster Learning Objective 2 Describe the accounting procedures for normal and abnormal spoilage.

©2003 Prentice Hall Business Publishing, Cost Accounting 11/e, Horngren/Datar/Foster Normal Spoilage Normal spoilage is spoilage that is an inherent result of the particular production process and arises even under efficient operating conditions. Normal spoilage rates should be computed using total good units completed as the base, not total actual units started in production.

©2003 Prentice Hall Business Publishing, Cost Accounting 11/e, Horngren/Datar/Foster Abnormal Spoilage Abnormal spoilage is spoilage that should not arise under efficient operating conditions. Companies record the units of abnormal spoilage and keep a separate Loss from Abnormal Spoilage account.

©2003 Prentice Hall Business Publishing, Cost Accounting 11/e, Horngren/Datar/Foster Process Costing and Spoilage Example Big Mountain, Inc., manufactures skiing accessories. All direct materials are added at the beginning of the production process. In October, $95,200 in direct materials were introduced into production. Assume that 35,000 units were started, 30,000 good units were completed, and 1,000 units were spoiled (all normal spoilage).

©2003 Prentice Hall Business Publishing, Cost Accounting 11/e, Horngren/Datar/Foster Process Costing and Spoilage Example Ending work in process was 4,000 units (each 100% complete as to direct material costs). Spoilage is detected upon completion of the process. Spoilage is typically assumed to occur at the stage of completion where inspection takes place.

©2003 Prentice Hall Business Publishing, Cost Accounting 11/e, Horngren/Datar/Foster Process Costing and Spoilage Example Approach A recognizes spoiled units when computing output in equivalent units. Approach B does not count spoiled units when computing output in equivalent units.

©2003 Prentice Hall Business Publishing, Cost Accounting 11/e, Horngren/Datar/Foster Approach A Example Costs to account for$95,200 Divide by equivalent units 35,000 Cost per equivalent unit$ 2.72 Good units completed: 30,000 × $2.72$81,600 Add normal spoilage: 1,000 × $2.72 2,720 Costs of good units transferred out$84,320 Work in process: 4,000 × $ ,880 Costs accounted for$95,200

©2003 Prentice Hall Business Publishing, Cost Accounting 11/e, Horngren/Datar/Foster Approach B Example Costs to account for$95,200 Divide by equivalent units 34,000 Cost per equivalent unit$ 2.80 Good units completed: 30,000 × $2.80$84,000 Costs of good units transferred out$84,000 Work in process, ending: 4,000 × $ ,200 Costs accounted for$95,200

©2003 Prentice Hall Business Publishing, Cost Accounting 11/e, Horngren/Datar/Foster Learning Objective 3 Account for spoilage in process costing using the weighted-average method.

©2003 Prentice Hall Business Publishing, Cost Accounting 11/e, Horngren/Datar/Foster Weighted-Average: Spoilage The following example is for the month of November and relates to Big Mountain, Inc. Direct materials are introduced at the beginning of the production cycle. Conversion costs are added evenly during the cycle.

©2003 Prentice Hall Business Publishing, Cost Accounting 11/e, Horngren/Datar/Foster Weighted-Average: Spoilage Normally the spoiled units are 2% of the output. Assume that Big Mountain, Inc., had 1,000 units in the beginning work in process inventory, 100% complete for materials ($9,700), and 60% complete for conversion ($10,000).

©2003 Prentice Hall Business Publishing, Cost Accounting 11/e, Horngren/Datar/Foster Weighted-Average: Spoilage Ending work in process inventory was 4,000 units (100% materials and 20% conversion). Costs added during the month were $87,500 for materials and $72,000 for conversion. What are the costs assigned to the units completed, spoiled, and in ending work in process inventory?

©2003 Prentice Hall Business Publishing, Cost Accounting 11/e, Horngren/Datar/Foster Physical Units (Step 1) Work in process, beginning (November 1) 100% material, 60% conversion costs 1,000 Started during November:35,000 36,000 Good units completed and transferred out:31,000 Work in process, ending inventory: 100% material 20% conversion costs 4,000 35,000

©2003 Prentice Hall Business Publishing, Cost Accounting 11/e, Horngren/Datar/Foster Physical Units (Step 1) What is the number of spoiled units? 36,000 – 35,000 = 1,000 What is the normal spoilage? 31,000 × 2% = 620 What is the abnormal spoilage? 1,000 – 620 = 380

©2003 Prentice Hall Business Publishing, Cost Accounting 11/e, Horngren/Datar/Foster Compute Equivalent Units (Step 2) Materials Conversion Completed and transferred31,00031,000 Normal spoilage Abnormal spoilage Ending inventory 4, Equivalent units36,00032, %20%

©2003 Prentice Hall Business Publishing, Cost Accounting 11/e, Horngren/Datar/Foster Compute Equivalent Unit Costs (Step 3) Materials Conversion Beginning inventory$ 9,700$10,000 Current costs 87,500 72,000 Total$97,200$82,000 Equivalent units 36,000 32,800 Cost per unit $2.70 $2.50