Accounting: What the Numbers Mean
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Author: David Marshall, Wayne William McManus, Daniel Viele
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Chapter 15, Problem 15.5ME
Mini-Exercise 15.5
LO 4, 5, 6
Variable
Required:
Calculate the variable overhead spending variance and the variable overhead efficiency variance.
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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.
Problem 5: Labor Variance
STA Company uses a standard cost system. The following information pertains
to direct labor costs for the month of June:
Standard direct labor rate per hour
Actual direct labor rate per hour
Labor rate variance (favorable)
Actual output (units)
Standard hours allowed for actual production
P 10.00
P 9.00
P12,000
2,000
10,000 hours
Required:
How many actual labor hours were worked during March for STA Company?
Exercise 3 (Labor and Variable Overhead Variances)
Halliwell Audio, Inc., manufactures military-specification compact discs.
The company uses standards to control its costs. The labor standards that
have been set for one disc are as follows:
Standard Hours
Standard Cost
P2.40
Standard Rate per Hour
24 minutes
P6.00
During July, 8,500 hours of direct labor time were recorded to make 20,000
discs. The direct labor cost totaled P49,300 for the month.
Required:
1. What direct labor cost should have been incurred to make the 20,000
discs? By how much does this differ from the cost that was incurred?
2. Break down the difference in cost from (1) above into a labor rate
variance and a labor efficiency variance.
3. The budgeted variable manufacturing overhead rate is P4 per direct
labor-hour. During July, the company incurred P39,100 in variable
manufacturing overhead cost. Compute the variable overhead spending
and efficiency variances for the month.
Chapter 15 Solutions
Accounting: What the Numbers Mean
Ch. 15 - Prob. 15.1MECh. 15 - Prob. 15.2MECh. 15 - Prob. 15.3MECh. 15 - Prob. 15.4MECh. 15 - Mini-Exercise 15.5 LO 4, 5, 6 Variable overhead...Ch. 15 - Mini-Exercise 15.6
LO 4. 5, 6
Fixed overhead...Ch. 15 - Prob. 15.7ECh. 15 - Prob. 15.8ECh. 15 - Prob. 15.9ECh. 15 - Prob. 15.10E
Ch. 15 - Prob. 15.11ECh. 15 - Prob. 15.12ECh. 15 - Exercise 15.13 LO 4. 5 Direct material...Ch. 15 - Exercise 15.14 LO 4, 5 Direct material...Ch. 15 - Prob. 15.15ECh. 15 - Prob. 15.16ECh. 15 - Exercise 15.17 LO 9 Investment center analysis;...Ch. 15 - Prob. 15.18ECh. 15 - Problem 15.19 LO 4. 5 Calculate variable cost...Ch. 15 - Problem 15.20 LO 4. 5 Calculate variable cost...Ch. 15 - Problem 15.21 LO 4, 5 Direct labor...Ch. 15 - Problem 15.22 LO 4, 5 Direct labor...Ch. 15 - Problem 15.23 LO 5, 6 Fixed overhead...Ch. 15 - Case 15.25 LO 3 Performance reporting The chair of...Ch. 15 - Case 15.26 LO 3 Flexible budgeting One of the...Ch. 15 - Case 15.27 LO 4 Frequency of performance reporting...Ch. 15 - Case 15.28 LO 5 Rank the importance of eight...Ch. 15 - Case 15.29 LO 4. 5 Direct material variances-the...Ch. 15 - Case 15.30 LO 5 Evaluate the effects of erroneous...Ch. 15 - Prob. 15.31CCh. 15 - Case 15.32 The planning and control environment:...
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