Horngren's Cost Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis (16th Edition)
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Author: Srikant M. Datar, Madhav V. Rajan
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 8, Problem 8.38P
| Cases | ||
| A | B | |
| (1) Fixed manufacturing overhead incurred | $27,000 | $132,900 |
| (2) Variable manufacturing overhead incurred | $10,511 | — |
| (3) Denominator level in machine-hours | — | 45,000 |
| (4) Standard machine-hours allowed for actual output achieved | 4,700 | — |
| (5) Fixed manufacturing overhead (per standard machine-hour) | — | — |
| Flexible-Budget Data: | ||
| (6) Variable manufacturing overhead (per standard machine-hour) | — | $ 2.10 |
| (7) Budgeted fixed manufacturing overhead | $23,375 | $130,500 |
| (8) Budgeted variable manufacturing overheada | — | — |
| (9) Total budgeted manufacturing overheada | — | — |
| Additional Data: | ||
| (10) Standard variable manufacturing overhead allocated | $10,340 | — |
| (11) Standard fixed manufacturing overhead allocated | $19,975 | — |
| (12) Production-volume variance | — | $ 580 F |
| (13) Variable manufacturing overhead spending variance | $ 457 U | $ 1,490 F |
| (14) Variable manufacturing overhead efficiency variance | — | $ 1,680 F |
| (15) Fixed manufacturing overhead spending variance | — | — |
| (16) Actual machine-hours used | — | — |
a For standard machine-hours allowed for actual output produced.
Fill in the blanks under each case. [Hint: Prepare a worksheet similar to that in Figure 8-4 (page 304). Fill in the knowns and then solve for the unknowns.]
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Horngren's Cost Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis (16th Edition)
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