Arena Corporation manufactures one product. It does not
maintain any beginning or ending Work in Process inventories. The
company uses a standard cost system in which inventories are
recorded at their standard costs and any variances are closed
directly to Cost of Goods Sold. There is no variable manufacturing
overhead.
The standard cost card for the company’s only product is as
follows:
Inputs Standard Quantity
or Hours Standard Price or Rate Standard Cost
Direct materials 1.2 pounds $ 5.50 per pound $ 6.60
Direct labor 0.90 hours $ 21.00 per hour 18.90
Fixed manufacturing overhead 0.90 hours $ 4.50 per hour
4.05
Total standard cost per unit $ 29.55
The standard fixed manufacturing overhead rate was based on
budgeted fixed manufacturing overhead of $81,000 and budgeted
activity of 18,000 hours.
During the year, the company completed the following
transactions:
Purchased 35,400 pounds of raw material at a price of $4.60
per pound.
Used 32,180 pounds of the raw material to produce 26,900 units
of work in process.
Assigned direct labor costs to work in process. The direct
labor workers (who were paid in cash) worked 23,810 hours at an
average cost of $20.60 per hour.
Applied fixed overhead to the 26,900 units in work in process
inventory using the predetermined overhead rate multiplied by the
number of direct labor-hours allowed. Actual fixed overhead costs
for the year were $67,800. Of this total, $3,800 related to items
such as insurance, utilities, and indirect labor salaries that were
all paid in cash and $64,000 related to depreciation of
manufacturing equipment.
Completed and transferred 26,900 units from work in process to
finished goods.
Sold (for cash) 27,100 units to customers at a price of $36.60
per unit.
Transferred the standard cost associated with the 27,100 units
sold from finished goods to cost of goods sold.
Paid $149,000 of selling and administrative expenses.
Closed all standard cost variances to cost of goods
sold.
The company calculated the following variances for the
year:
Materials price variance $ 31,860 F
Materials quantity variance $ 550 F
Labor rate variance $ 9,524 F
Labor efficiency variance $ 8,400 F
Fixed manufacturing overhead budget variance $ 13,200 F
Fixed manufacturing overhead volume variance $ 27,945 F
To answer the following questions, you will need to record
transactions a through i in the worksheet below. This worksheet is
similar to the worksheets in your text except that it has been
split into two parts to fit on the page. PP&E (net) stands for
Property, Plant, and Equipment net of depreciation.
Cash Raw Materials Work in Process Finished Goods PP&E
(net) = Materials Price Variance Materials Quantity Variance Labor
Rate Variance Labor Efficiency Variance FOH Budget Variance FOH
Volume Variance Retained Earnings
1/1 $1,200,000 $29,700 $0 $70,920 $505,400 = $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
$1,806,020
a. =
b. =
c. =
d. =
e. =
f. =
g. =
h. =
i. =
12/31 =
The ending balance in the Work in Process account will be
closest to:
Multiple Choice
$794,895
$685,950
$0
$177,540