Managerial Accounting: Creating Value in a Dynamic Business Environment
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Author: HILTON, Ronald
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Chapter 11, Problem 50P
Montreal Scholastic Supply Company uses a standard-costing system. The firm estimates that it will operate its manufacturing facilities at 800,000 machine hours for the year. The estimate for total budgeted
Required:
- 1. Compute the following variances. Indicate whether each is favorable or unfavorable, where appropriate.
- a. Variable-overhead spending variance.
- b. Variable-overhead efficiency variance.
- c. Fixed-overhead
budget variance . - d. Fixed-overhead volume variance.
- 2. Prepare
journal entries to- Record the incurrence of actual variable overhead and actual fixed overhead.
- Add variable and fixed overhead to Work-in-Process Inventory.
- Close underapplied or overapplied overhead into Cost of Goods Sold.
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Paynesville Corporation manufactures and sells a preservative used in food and drug manufacturing. The company carries no
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year. The standard direct cost sheet for one liter of the preservative follows.
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(0.5 hours @ $56)
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the coming year.
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Thorne Company has the following information available for the past year. They use machine hours to allocate overhead.
NOTE: All dollar amounts are rounded to whole dollars and shown with "$" and commas as needed (i.e. $12,345). For the variance conditions, your answer is either "F” (for Favorable) or "U” (for Unfavorable) - capital letter and no quotes.
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Chapter 11 Solutions
Managerial Accounting: Creating Value in a Dynamic Business Environment
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