In: Accounting
Parker Plastic, Inc., manufactures plastic mats to use with
rolling office chairs. Its standard cost information for last year
follows:
Standard Quantity | Standard Price (Rate) | Standard Unit Cost | ||||||
Direct materials (plastic) | 12 | sq ft. | $ | 0.68 | per sq. ft. | $ | 8.16 | |
Direct labor | 0.8 | hr. | $ | 10.70 | per hr. | 8.56 | ||
Variable manufacturing overhead (based on direct labor hours) | 0.8 | hr. | $ | 0.85 | per hr. | 0.68 | ||
Fixed manufacturing overhead $517,000 ÷ 940,000 units) | 0.55 | |||||||
Parker Plastic had the following actual results for the past
year:
Number of units produced and sold | 1,040,000 | |
Number of square feet of plastic used | 11,960,000 | |
Cost of plastic purchased and used | $ | 7,893,600 |
Number of labor hours worked | 463,000 | |
Direct labor cost | $ | 4,606,850 |
Variable overhead cost | $ | 439,850 |
Fixed overhead cost | $ | 502,000 |
Required:
1, 2, 3, & 4. Prepare the journal entry to record
Parker Plastic's direct materials, direct labor, variable overhead,
fixed overhead costs and related variances. Assume the company
purchases raw materials as needed and does not maintain any ending
inventories.
1. Record entry for direct materials costs and variances.
2. Record entry for direct labor costs and variances.
3. Record the entry for variable overhead costs and variances.
4. Record the entry for fixed overhead costs and variances.
Transaction |
General Journal |
Debit |
Credit |
1 |
Cost of Goods Sold |
8486400 |
|
Direct Materials Price Variance (11960000*((7893600/11960000)-0.68)) |
239200 |
||
Direct Materials Quantity Variance (0.68*(11960000-(1040000*12)) |
353600 |
||
Cash or Accounts Payable |
7893600 |
||
2 |
Cost of Goods Sold |
8902400 |
|
Direct Labor Rate Variance (463000*((4606850/463000)-10.70)) |
347250 |
||
Direct Labor Efficiency Variance (10.70*(463000-(1040000*0.8))) |
3948300 |
||
Cash or Accounts Payable |
4606850 |
||
3 |
Cost of Goods Sold |
707200 |
|
Variable Overhead Rate Variance (463000*((439850/463000)-0.85)) |
46300 |
||
Variable Overhead Efficiency Variance (0.85*(463000-(1040000*0.8))) |
313650 |
||
Cash or Accounts Payable |
439850 |
||
4 |
Cost of Goods Sold |
572000 |
|
Fixed Overhead Spending Variance (517000-502000) |
15000 |
||
Fixed Overhead Volume Variance (0.55*(940000-1040000)) |
55000 |
||
Cash or Accounts Payable |
502000 |