Managerial Accounting: Creating Value in a Dynamic Business Environment
12th Edition
ISBN: 9781260417074
Author: HILTON, Ronald
Publisher: MCGRAW-HILL HIGHER EDUCATION
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Chapter 11, Problem 24E
Crystal Glassware Company has the following standards and flexible-budget data.
Actual results for April are as follows:
Draw graphs similar to those in Exhibit 11–7 (variable
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Compute the overhead variances for the month: variable overhead cost variance, variable overhead efficiency variance, fixed overhead cost variance, and fixed overhead volume variance.
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Explain why the variances are favorable or unfavorable.
Requirement 1. Compute the overhead variances for the month: variable overhead cost variance, variable overhead efficiency variance, fixed overhead cost variance, and fixed overhead volume variance.
Begin by selecting the formulas needed to compute the variable overhead (VOH) and fixed overhead (FOH) variances, and then compute each variance amount.
(Actual cost - Standard cost) × Actual hours
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VOH cost variance
(Actual hours - Standard hours allowed) × Standard cost
=
VOH efficiency variance
Actual overhead - Budgeted overhead
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The following information relates to
Longman, Inc.'s
overhead costs for the month:
1(Click
the icon to view the information.)
Requirements
1.
Compute the overhead variances for the month: variable overhead cost variance, variable overhead efficiency variance, fixed overhead cost variance, and fixed overhead volume variance.
2.
Explain why the variances are favorable or unfavorable.
Requirement 1. Compute the overhead variances for the month: variable overhead cost variance, variable overhead efficiency variance, fixed overhead cost variance, and fixed overhead volume variance.
Begin by selecting the formulas needed to compute the variable overhead (VOH) and fixed overhead (FOH) variances, and then compute each variance amount.
(Actual cost - Standard cost) × Actual hours
=
VOH cost variance
(Actual hours - Standard hours allowed) × Standard cost
=
VOH efficiency variance
Actual overhead - Budgeted overhead
=…
Required:
1. Compute the factory overhead flexible-budget variance, the factory overhead spending variance, and the efficiency variance for variable factory overhead for March and state whether each variance is favorable (F) or unfavorable (U).
2. Provide the appropriate journal entry to record the variable overhead spending variance and a second entry to record the variable overhead efficiency variance for March. Assume that the company uses a single account, Factory Overhead, to record overhead costs.
Chapter 11 Solutions
Managerial Accounting: Creating Value in a Dynamic Business Environment
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