In: Accounting
Corporation makes a product with the following standard costs:
Standard Quantity or Hours | Standard Price or Rate | ||||||||||
Direct materials | 10.4 | kilos | $ | 7.90 | per kilo | ||||||
Direct labor | 0.3 | hours | $ | 39.00 | per hour | ||||||
Variable overhead | 0.3 | hours | $ | 7.90 | per hour | ||||||
The company reported the following results concerning this product in August.
Actual output | 5,100 | units | |
Raw materials used in production | 30,930 | kilos | |
Purchases of raw materials | 33,500 | kilos | |
Actual direct labor-hours | 1,120 | hours | |
Actual cost of raw materials purchases | $ | 214,920 | |
Actual direct labor cost | $ | 24,636 | |
Actual variable overhead cost | $ | 9,440 | |
The company applies variable overhead on the basis of direct labor-hours. The direct materials purchases variance is computed when the materials are purchased.
The variable overhead rate variance for August is:
Answer-------------
Variable Overhead Rate Variance | $ 592.00 | Unfavourable-U |
Working
Actual DATA for | 5100 | Units | |
Quantity (AQ) | Rate (AR) | Actual Cost | |
Variable Overhead | 1120 | $ 8.43 | $ 9,440.00 |
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Variable Overhead Rate Variance | ||||||
( | Standard Rate | - | Actual Rate | ) | x | Actual Labor Hours |
( | $ 7.90 | - | $ 8.43 | ) | x | 1120 |
$ (592.00) | ||||||
Variance | $ 592.00 | Unfavourable-U |