Question

Rudd Clothiers is a small company that manufactures tall-men’s suits. The company has used a standard cost accounting system. In May 2017, 10,400 suits were produced. The following standard and actual cost data applied to the month of May when normal capacity was 17,000 direct labor hours. All materials purchased were used.

Cost Element		Standard (per unit)		Actual
Direct materials		9 yards at $5.00 per yard		$458,325 for 94,500 yards ($4.85 per yard)
Direct labor		1.70 hours at $13.50 per hour		$260,120 for 18,580 hours ($14.00 per hour)
Overhead		1.70 hours at $6.00 per hour (fixed $3.50; variable $2.50)		$50,000 fixed overhead $36,500 variable overhead

Overhead is applied on the basis of direct labor hours. At normal capacity, budgeted fixed overhead costs were $59,500, and budgeted variable overhead was $42,500.

Compute the overhead controllable variance and the overhead volume variance. (Round answers to 0 decimal places, e.g. 125.)

Overhead controllable variance $______ favorable, non favorable, neither?

Overhead volume variance $_______   favorable, non favorable, neither?

Answer 1