In: Accounting
At the beginning of the year, Lopez Company had the following standard cost sheet for one of it's chemical products:
Direct Materials (4 lbs @ $2.80) - $11.20
Direct Labor (2 hrs @ $18.00) - 36.00
FOH (2 hrs @ $5.20) - 10.40
VOH (2 hrs @ $0.70) - 1.40
Standard Cost Per Unit - $59.00
Lopez computes its overhead rates using practical volume, which is 90,000 units.
The actual results for the year are as follows:
(a) units produced: 88,000
(b) direct labor: 170,000 hours
(c) FOH: $930,000 and
(d) VOH: $125,000
1. Compute the variable overhead spending variance.
2. Compute the variable overhead efficiency variance.
3. Compute the fixed overhead spending variance.
4. Compute the fixed overhead volume variance.
Answer: |
Actual Hours = AH Standard Rate = SR Standard Hours = SH Actual rate = AR |
For Direct Material: |
Variable overhead spending
variance =
AH x (AR (-) SR) = 170,000 x ($0.74 (-) $0.70) = $6,800 (UnFavourable) |
** Actual Rate = VOH / Actual hours Worked = $125,000 / 170,000 = $ 0.74 |
Variable overhead Efficiency
variance =
SR x (AH (-) SH) = $0.70 x (170,000 (-) 176,000) = $4,200 (Favourable) |
** Standard hours = units produced x No. of Hours = 88,000 units * 2 hour = 176,000 hours |
Fixed overhead spending
variance =
Actual FOH (-) Budgeted FOH = $930,000 (-) (90,000 x $10.40) = $930,000 (-) $936,000 = $6,000 (Favourable) |
Fixed overhead Volume
variance =
Absorbed FOH (-) Budgeted FOH = (88,000 x $10.40) (-) (90,000 x $10.40) = $915,200 (-) $936,000 = $20,800 (Favourable) |