Managerial Accounting
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Chapter 10.A, Problem 7E
EXERCISE 10A-7 Relations Among Fixed
Selected information relating to Yost Company’s operations for the most recent year is given below:
The company applies overhead cost to products on the basis of standard machine-hours.
Required:
- What were the standard machine-hours allowed for the actual number of units produced?
- What was the total budgeted fixed overhead cost for the period?
- What was the fixed portion of the predetermined overhead rate?
- What was the fixed overhead volume variance?
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Assume that a company uses a standard cost system and applies overhead to production based on direct labor-hours. It provided the following
information for its most recent year:
Total budgeted fixed overhead cost for the year
Actual fixed overhead cost for the year
Budgeted direct labor-hours
Actual direct labor-hours
Standard direct labor-hours allowed for the actual output
What is the fixed overhead volume variance?
Multiple Choice
O $20,000 U
$20,000 F
$9,000 U
$9,000 F
$ 300,000
$ 276,000
60,000
56,000
58, 200
Subject - Acounting
The following data relate to direct labor costs for the current period:
Line Item Description
Value
Standard costs
7,500 hours at $11.80
Actual costs
6,300 hours at $10.70
The direct labor rate variance is
a. $21,090 unfavorable
b. $6,930 favorable
c. $21,090 favorable
d. $14,160 favorable
Question 3
DRS Company showed the following information for the year:
Standard variable overhead rate (SVOR) per direct labor hour
Standard hours (SH) allowed per unit
Actual production in units
Actual variable overhead costs
| Actual direct labor hours
RM3.75
4
15,000
RM222,816
57,200
a) Calculate the standard direct labor hours for actual production.
b) Calculate the applied variable overhead.
c) Calculate the total variable overhead variance.
Chapter 10 Solutions
Managerial Accounting
Ch. 10.A - EXERCISE 10A-1 Fixed Overhead Variances LO10-4...Ch. 10.A - EXERCISE 10A-2 Predetermined Overhead Rate;...Ch. 10.A - Prob. 3ECh. 10.A - EXERCISE 10A-4 Fixed Overhead Variances LO10-4...Ch. 10.A - EXERCISE 10A5 Using Fixed Overhead Variances LO104...Ch. 10.A - EXERCISE 10A-6 Predetermined Overhead Rate LO10-4...Ch. 10.A - EXERCISE 10A-7 Relations Among Fixed Overhead...Ch. 10.A - Prob. 8PCh. 10.A - PROBLEM 10A-9 Applying Overhead; Overhead...Ch. 10.A - PROBLEM 10A-10 Comprehensive Standard Cost...
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PROBLEM 10A-11 Comprehensive Standard Cost...Ch. 10.A - Prob. 12PCh. 10.B - EXERCISE 10B-1 Standard Cost Flows; Income...Ch. 10.B - Prob. 2ECh. 10.B - Prob. 3ECh. 10.B - Prob. 4ECh. 10.B - Prob. 5PCh. 10.B - Prob. 6PCh. 10 - Prob. 1QCh. 10 - Why are separate price and quantity variances...Ch. 10 - 10-3 Who is generally responsible for the...Ch. 10 - The materials price variance can be computed at...Ch. 10 - 10-5 If the materials price variance is favorable...Ch. 10 - Prob. 6QCh. 10 - Prob. 7QCh. 10 - 10-8 What effect, if any, would you expect...Ch. 10 - 10-9 If variable manufacturing overhead is applied...Ch. 10 - 10-10 Why can undue emphasis on labor efficiency...Ch. 10 -
The Excel worksheet form that appears below is to...Ch. 10 - Prob. 2AECh. 10 - Prob. 1F15Ch. 10 - Prob. 2F15Ch. 10 - Prob. 3F15Ch. 10 - Prob. 4F15Ch. 10 - Prob. 5F15Ch. 10 - Prob. 6F15Ch. 10 - Prob. 7F15Ch. 10 - Prob. 8F15Ch. 10 - Prob. 9F15Ch. 10 - Preble Company manufactures one product. Its...Ch. 10 - Prob. 11F15Ch. 10 - Prob. 12F15Ch. 10 - Prob. 13F15Ch. 10 - Prob. 14F15Ch. 10 - Prob. 15F15Ch. 10 - EXERCISE 10-1 Direct Materials Variances LO10-1...Ch. 10 -
EXERCISE 10-2 Direct Labor Variances...Ch. 10 -
EXERCISE 10–3 Variable Overhead Variances...Ch. 10 - EXERCISE 10-4 Direct Labor and Variable...Ch. 10 -
EXERCISE 10-5 Working Backwards from Labor...Ch. 10 - EXERCISE 10-6 Direct Materials and Direct Labor...Ch. 10 - EXERCISE 10-7 Direct Materials Variances LOIO-1...Ch. 10 -
EXERCISE 10-8 Direct Materials and Direct Labor...Ch. 10 -
PROBLEM 10-9 Comprehensive Variance Analysis...Ch. 10 -
PROBLEM 10-10 Multiple Products, Materials, and...Ch. 10 - PROBLEM 10-11 Direct Materials and Direct Labor...Ch. 10 - PROBLEM 10-12 Variance Analysis in a...Ch. 10 - Prob. 13PCh. 10 - Prob. 14PCh. 10 - PROBLEM 10-15 Comprehensive Variance Analysis...Ch. 10 - Prob. 16PCh. 10 - Prob. 17C
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