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Voeller Corporation produces ketchup. Voeller uses a process costing system to record costs. On October 1, Voeller had 18,000 bottles of ketchup in the Processing Department. The bottles were 100% complete as to direct materials and 30% complete as to conversion costs. The following data were gathered on October 31:

 Units started this period 620,000 Units completed this period 618,000 Units in ending work in process (100% complete as to direct  materials and 60% complete as to conversion costs) 20,000\begin{array}{lr} \text { Units started this period } & 620,000 \\ \text { Units completed this period } & 618,000 \\ \text { Units in ending work in process (100\% complete as to direct } \\ \quad \text { materials and } 60 \% \text { complete as to conversion costs) } & 20,000 \end{array}

Partially completed forms and a blank general journal are provided in the Working Papers.

Instructions:

  1. Calculate equivalent units of production for the Processing Department for October.

  2. Record the following transactions:

Oct. 31. Recorded the transfer of goods from the Processing Department to the Bottling Department, $365,000.00. M357.
Oct. 31. Recorded the transfer of goods out of the Bottling Department to the Packaging Department,$398,000. M358.
Oct. 31. Recorded the transfer of finished goods out of the Packaging Department, $420,000. M359.
  1. Using the cost information in Instruction 2c, assume that 560,000 bottles of ketchup were transferred to finished goods. If Voeller uses 20% as its percentage of markup, calculate the following per bottle:

a. Cost

b. Dollar amount of markup

c. Selling price

d. Profit margin

  1. Voeller is in the process of developing a Cajun specialty sauce. The company believes that the selling price cannot exceed$3.00, and it requires a profit of 20% per unit. What is the target cost for the specialty sauce?

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In this problem, we are tasked to compute the equivalent units of production, record the transfer of goods, and calculate the cost, the dollar amount of markup, selling price, profit margin, and the target cost for the specialty sauce of Voeller Corporation.

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