In: Accounting
Tharaldson Corporation makes a product with the following standard costs:
Standard Quantity or Hours | Standard Price or Rate | Standard Cost Per Unit | |||||||
Direct materials | 7.5 | ounces | $ | 3.00 | per ounce | $ | 22.50 | ||
Direct labor | 0.4 | hours | $ | 19.00 | per hour | $ | 7.60 | ||
Variable overhead | 0.4 | hours | $ | 6.00 | per hour | $ | 2.40 | ||
The company reported the following results concerning this product in June.
Originally budgeted output | 2,900 | units | |
Actual output | 3,000 | units | |
Raw materials used in production | 19,500 | ounces | |
Purchases of raw materials | 21,800 | ounces | |
Actual direct labor-hours | 460 | hours | |
Actual cost of raw materials purchases | $ | 42,300 | |
Actual direct labor cost | $ | 12,900 | |
Actual variable overhead cost | $ | 3,350 | |
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 materials price variance for June is: