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Klein Luxury Inn budgeted 600 hours for room attendants to clean rooms. The budgeted wage rate for room attendants is $3.40 per hour. The allowable time for actual output for restaurant staff to perform actual work is calculated as 629.00 hours. The room attendants actually worked 660 hours and the wages paid to room attendants totaled $2,178. Based on the information, run a complete variance analysis for variable labor by indicating variance conditions for each of the variable labor variance components.
Actual Cost |
Standard Cost |
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AH |
x |
AR |
AH |
x |
SR |
SH allowed |
x |
SR |
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660 |
x |
$ 3.30 |
660 |
x |
$ 3.40 |
629 |
x |
$ 3.40 |
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$ 2,178.00 |
$ 2,244.00 |
$ 2,138.60 |
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Rate Variance - Labor |
$ 66.00 |
Efficency Variance - Labor |
$ 105.40 |
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Labor Rate Variance |
$ 66.00 |
Favourable |
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Labor Efficiency Variance |
$ 105.40 |
Unfavourable |
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Total Labor Cost (Spending) Variance) |
$ 39.40 |
Unfavourable |
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Note: |
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Labor Price Variance is favourable because Actual rate (AR) is LESS than Standard Rate (SR) |
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Labor quantity or Efficiency Variance is unfavourable because Actual Hrs (AH) is MORE than Standard Hrs (SH) |
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AH/AR = Actual hours/Actual rate
SH/SR = Standard hours allowed / Standard rate