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Highfill Corporation's variable overhead is applied on the basis of direct labor-hours. The standard cost card for product D80D specifies 8.4 direct labor-hours per unit of D80D. The standard variable overhead rate is $5.60 per direct labor-hour. During the most recent month, 800 units of product D80D were made and 6,800 direct labor-hours were worked. The actual variable overhead incurred was $41,140. Required: Calculate both the variable overhead rate variance and efficiency variance for the month.
Actual DATA for |
800 |
Units |
|
Quantity (AQ) |
Rate (AR) |
Actual Cost |
|
Variable Overhead |
6800 |
$ 6.05 |
$ 41,140.00 |
Standard DATA for |
800 |
Units |
|
Quantity (SQ) |
Rate (SR) |
Standard Cost |
|
[A] |
[B] |
[A x B] |
|
Variable Overhead |
( 8.4 Direct labor hours x 800 Units)=6720 Direct labor hours |
$ 5.60 |
$ 37,632.00 |
Variable Overhead Rate Variance |
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( |
Standard Rate |
- |
Actual Rate |
) |
x |
Actual Labor Hours |
( |
$ 5.60 |
- |
$ 6.05 |
) |
x |
6800 |
$(3,060.00) |
||||||
Variance |
$ 3,060.00 |
Unfavourable-U |
Variable Overhead Efficiency Variance |
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( |
Standard Hours |
- |
Actual Hours |
) |
x |
Standard Rate |
( |
6720 |
- |
6800 |
) |
x |
$ 5.60 |
$ (448.00) |
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Variance |
$ 448.00 |
Unfavourable-U |