In the absence of a chief accountant, you have been asked to prepare a month’s cost accounts for a company which operates a batch costing system fully integrated with the financial accounts. The following relevant information is provided to you:

Balance at the beginning of the month:

Stores ledger control a/c

25,000

Work-in-progress control a/c

20,000

Finished goods control a/c

35,000

Pre-paid production overhead brought forward from previous month

3,000

Transactions during the month:

Materials purchased

75,000

Materials issued

To production

Rs. 30,000

To factory maintenance

  1. 4,000

34,000

Materials transferred between batches

5,000

Total wages paid–

Direct workers

Rs. 25,000

Indirect workers

  1. 5,000

30,000

Direct wages charged to batches

20,000

Recorded non-productive time of direct

5,000

workers

Selling and distribution overheads incurred

6,000

Other production overheads incurred

12,000

Sales

1,00,000

Cost of finished goods sold

80,000

Cost of goods completed and transferred into finished goods during the month

65,000

Physical value of work-in-progress at the end of the month

40,000

The production overhead absorption rate is 150% of direct wages charged to work-in-progress

Prepare the following accounts for the month:

  1. Stores ledger control A/c
  2. Work-in-progress control A/c
  3. Finished goods control A/c
  4. Production overhead control A/c
  5. Profit and loss A/c