Golden Harvest Foods Pvt. Ltd. is engaged in the production of organic honey blocks. Its process involves crushing of honeycombs for nectar…

CA Intermediate · Cost and Management Accounting · MTP · January 2026
Golden Harvest Foods Pvt. Ltd. is engaged in the production of organic honey blocks. Its process involves crushing of honeycombs for nectar extraction, followed by filtration and heating of the nectar along with certain natural stabilizers, and finally cooling and cutting the solidified honey into blocks. The main process of nectar extraction (Process-l) is carried out in mechanical crushers, after which the nectar is filtered and boiled (Process-II) in steel vessels. The solidified honey blocks are then cut, packed, and dispatched. For producing 10 kg of honey blocks, 100 kg of honeycombs are required, from which only 45 litres of nectar can be extracted. Information for Process – I (Nectar Extraction) for January 2020 Particulars Amount (₹) Opening Work-in-Process (4,500 litres) Honeycombs 50,000 Labour 15,000 Overheads 45,000 Honeycombs introduced for nectar extraction (1,00,000 kg) 5,00,000 Direct Labour 2,00,000 Overheads 6,00,000 Additional Information: Abnormal Loss: 1,000 kgDegree of completion for abnormal loss:Honeycombs - 100%Labour & Overheads - 80%Closing Work-in-Process: 9,000 litresDegree of completion:Honeycombs - 100%Labour & Overheads - 80%Extracted nectar transferred to Process-II: 39,500 litres (Assume 1 litre of nectar = 1 kg) You are required to PREPARE (using Average Method): (i) Statement of Equivalent Production (ii) Statement of Cost (iii) Statement of Distribution of Cost (iv) Process-l Account

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(i) Statement of Equivalent Production Particulars Input Units Particulars Output Units Equivalent Production Honeycomb Labour & O.H. % Units % Units Opening WIP 4,500 Completed and transferred to Process - II 39,500 100 39,500 100 39,500 Units introduced 1,00,000 Normal Loss (55%* of 1,00,000) 55,000 Abnormal loss 1,000 100 1,000 80 800 Closing WIP 9,000 100 9,000 80 7,200 1,04,500 1,04,500 49,500 47,500 * For every 100 kg of honeycombs, only 45 litres of nectar are extracted. Thus, normal loss = 100 – 45 = 55% (ii) Statement showing cost for each element Particulars Honeycomb (₹) Labour (₹) Overhead (₹) Total (₹) Cost of opening work-in-process 50,000 15,000 45,000 1,10,000 Cost incurred during the month 5,00,000 2,00,000 6,00,000 13,00,000 Total cost: (A) 5,50,000 2,15,000 6,45,000 14,10,000 Equivalent units: (B) 49,500 47,500 47,500 Cost per equivalent unit: (C) = (A ÷ B) 11.111 4.526 13.579 29.216 (iii) Statement of Distribution of cost Amount (₹) Amount (₹) 1. Value of units completed and transferred (39,500 units × ₹ 29.216) 11,54,032 2. Value of Abnormal Loss: - Honeycomb (1,000 units × ₹ 11.111) 11,111 - Labour (800 units × 4.526) 3,621 - Overheads (800 units × ₹ 13.579) 10,863 25,595 3. Value of Closing W-I-P: - Honeycomb (9,000 units × ₹ 11.111) 99,999 - Labour (7,200 units × 4.526) 32,587 - Overheads (7,200 units × ₹ 13.579) 97,769 2,30,355 (iv) Process-I A/c (Nectar Extraction) Particulars Units (₹) Particulars Units (₹) To Opening W.I.P: By Normal Loss 55,000 Honeycomb 4,500 50,000 By Abnormal loss (25,595 + 18 (difference due to approximation)) 1,000 25,613 Labour 15,000 By Process-II A/c 39,500 11,54,032 Overheads 45,000 By Closing WIP 9,000 2,30,355 To Honeycomb introduced 100,000 5,00,000 To Direct Labour 2,00,000 To Overheads 6,00,000 104,500 14,10,000 104,500 14,10,000

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