Helsinki Inc. produces premium bottled water. Helsinki purchases artesian water, stores the water in large tanks, and then runs the water through two processes: Filtration, where workers microfilter and ozonate the water Bottling, where workers bottle and package the filtered water During December, the filtration process incurs the following costs in processing 200,000 liters: Wages of workers operating the filtration equipment                                 $11,100 Wages of workers operating ozonation equipment                          $12,850 Manufacturing overhead allocated to filtration                                            $24,050 Water                                                                                                  $120,000 Questions: 1.Complete the first two steps of the process costing procedure for the Bottling Department: summarize the physical flow of units and then compute the equivalent units of direct materials and conversion costs. 2.Complete Steps 3 and 4 of the process costing procedure: Summarize total costs to account for and then compute the cost per equivalent unit for both direct materials and conversion costs. 3.Complete Step 5 of the process costing procedure: Assign costs to units completed and to units in ending inventory. What is the ending WIP balance on December 31?

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Helsinki Inc. produces premium bottled water. Helsinki purchases artesian water, stores the water in large tanks, and then runs the water through two processes:

  • Filtration, where workers microfilter and ozonate the water
  • Bottling, where workers bottle and package the filtered water

During December, the filtration process incurs the following costs in processing 200,000 liters:

Wages of workers operating the filtration equipment                                 $11,100

Wages of workers operating ozonation equipment                          $12,850

Manufacturing overhead allocated to filtration                                            $24,050

Water                                                                                                  $120,000

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1.Complete the first two steps of the process costing procedure for the Bottling Department: summarize the physical flow of units and then compute the equivalent units of direct materials and conversion costs.

2.Complete Steps 3 and 4 of the process costing procedure: Summarize total costs to account for and then compute the cost per equivalent unit for both direct materials and conversion costs.

3.Complete Step 5 of the process costing procedure: Assign costs to units completed and to units in ending inventory. What is the ending WIP balance on December 31? 

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