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Factory Overhead Cost Variance Report

Tannin Products Inc. prepared the following factory overhead cost budget for the Trim Department for July of the current year, during which it expected to use 16,000 hours for production:

Variable overhead costs:
Indirect factory labor	$48,000
Power and light	11,520
Indirect materials	24,000
Total variable overhead cost		$ 83,520
Fixed overhead costs:
Supervisory salaries	$59,280
Depreciation of plant and equipment	15,600
Insurance and property taxes	29,120
Total fixed overhead cost		104,000
Total factory overhead cost		$187,520

Tannin has available 20,000 hours of monthly productive capacity in the Trim Department under normal business conditions. During July, the Trim Department actually used 15,000 hours for production. The actual fixed costs were as budgeted. The actual variable overhead for July was as follows:

Actual variable factory overhead costs:
Indirect factory labor	$43,880
Power and light	10,610
Indirect materials	23,600
Total variable cost	$78,090

Construct a factory overhead cost variance report for the Trim Department for July. Enter all amounts as positive numbers. If an amount box does not require an entry, leave it blank. Round your interim computations to the nearest cent, if required.

Tannin Products Inc.
Factory Overhead Cost Variance Report-Trim Department
For the Month Ended July 31
Productive capacity for the month 20,000 hrs.
Actual productive capacity used for the month 15,000 hrs.
	Budget (at actual production)	Actual	Favorable Variances	Unfavorable Variances
Variable factory overhead costs:
Indirect factory labor	$	$	$
Power and light
Indirect materials				$
Total variable factory overhead cost	$	$
Fixed factory overhead costs:
Supervisory salaries	$	$
Depreciation of plant and equipment
Insurance and property taxes
Total fixed factory overhead cost	$	$
Total factory overhead cost	$	$
Total controllable variances			$	$
Net controllable variance-favorable				$
Volume variance-unfavorable
Idle hours at the standard rate for fixed factory overhead
Total factory overhead cost variance-unfavorable				$

Answer 1

Tannin Products Inc.
Factory Overhead Cost Variance Report-Trim Department
For the Month Ended July 31
Productive capacity for the month 20,000 hrs.
Actual productive capacity used for the month 15,000 hrs.
	Budget (at actual production)	Actual	Favorable Variances	Unfavorable Variances
Variable factory overhead costs:
Indirect factory labor	45000	43880	1120
Power and light	10800	10610	190
Indirect materials	22500	23600		1100
Total variable factory overhead cost	78300	78090
Fixed factory overhead costs:
Supervisory salaries	59280	59280
Depreciation of plant and equipment	15600	15600
Insurance and property taxes	29120	29120
Total fixed factory overhead cost	104000	104000
Total factory overhead cost	182300	182090
Total controllable variances			1310	1100
Net controllable variance-favorable				210
Volume variance-unfavorable
Idle hours at the standard rate for fixed factory overhead*				45575
Total factory overhead cost variance-unfavorable				45365

*Idle hours at the standard rate for fixed factory overhead = 5000 x $182300/20000 = $45575