A COMPANY'S BUDGETED VARIABLE OVERHEADS FOR A PERIOD AMOUNTED TO $30,000. DURING THIS PERIOD, THE COMPANY SPENT $29,400 ON VARIABLE OVERHEADS. THE COMPANY'S LEVEL OF PRODUCTION WAS EXPECTED TO REQUIRE 15,000 LABOR HOURS, BUT THE ACTUAL AMOUNT OF LABOR HOURS USED WAS ONLY 13,500 HOURS. WHAT WAS THE VARIABLE OVERHEAD EXPENDITURE VARIANCE FOR THE PERIOD?

A company estimates its manufacturing overhead will be $840,000 for the next year. What is the predetermined overhead rate given each of the following Independent allocation bases? Budgeted direct labor hours: 90,615 Budgeted direct labor expense: $750000 Estimated machine hours: 150,000

Flaherty, Inc., has just completed its first year of operations. The unit costs on a normal costing basis are as follows: During the year, the company had the following activity: Actual fixed overhead was 12,000 less than budgeted fixed overhead. Budgeted variable overhead was 5,000 less than the actual variable overhead. The company used an expected actual activity level of 12,000 direct labor hours to compute the predetermined overhead rates. Any overhead variances are closed to Cost of Goods Sold. Required: 1. Compute the unit cost using (a) absorption costing and (b) variable costing. 2. Prepare an absorption-costing income statement. 3. Prepare a variable-costing income statement. 4. Reconcile the difference between the two income statements.

At the beginning of the year, Lopez Company had the following standard cost sheet for one of its chemical products: Lopez computes its overhead rates using practical volume, which is 80,000 units. The actual results for the year are as follows: (a) Units produced: 79,600; (b) Direct labor: 158,900 hours at 18.10; (c) FOH: 831,000; and (d) VOH: 112,400. Required: 1. Compute the variable overhead spending and efficiency variances. 2. Compute the fixed overhead spending and volume variances.