FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
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Author: Libby
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Preble Company manufactures one product. Its variable manufacturing overhead is applied to production based on direct labor-hours and its standard cost card per unit is as follows:

 

Direct material: 4 pounds at $9.00 per pound $ 36.00
Direct labor: 3 hours at $12 per hour 36.00
Variable overhead: 3 hours at $8 per hour 24.00
Total standard variable cost per unit $ 96.00

 

The company also established the following cost formulas for its selling expenses:

 

  Fixed Cost per Month Variable Cost per Unit Sold
Advertising $ 230,000  
Sales salaries and commissions $ 160,000 $ 15.00
Shipping expenses   $ 6.00

 

The planning budget for March was based on producing and selling 28,000 units. However, during March the company actually produced and sold 33,000 units and incurred the following costs:

 

  1. Purchased 165,000 pounds of raw materials at a cost of $7.20 per pound. All of this material was used in production.
  2. Direct-laborers worked 58,000 hours at a rate of $13.00 per hour.

  3. Total variable manufacturing overhead for the month was $729,060.

  4. Total advertising, sales salaries and commissions, and shipping expenses were $240,000, $470,000, and $145,000, respectively. 

 

 

What is the direct labor efficiency variance for March? 

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