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iger Equipment Inc., a manufacturer of construction equipment, prepared the following factory overhead cost budget for...

iger Equipment Inc., a manufacturer of construction equipment, prepared the following factory overhead cost budget for the Welding Department for May of the current year. The company expected to operate the department at 100% of normal capacity of 8,400 hours.

1

Variable costs:

2

Indirect factory wages

$42,000.00

3

Power and light

26,880.00

4

Indirect materials

16,800.00

5

Total variable cost

$85,680.00

6

Fixed costs:

7

Supervisory salaries

$20,400.00

8

Depreciation of plant and equipment

35,400.00

9

Insurance and property taxes

15,600.00

10

Total fixed cost

71,400.00

11

Total factory overhead cost

$157,080.00

During May, the department operated at 8,740 hours, and the factory overhead costs incurred were indirect factory wages, $44,216; power and light, $28,240; indirect materials, $18,090; supervisory salaries, $20,400; depreciation of plant and equipment, $35,400; and insurance and property taxes, $15,600.

Use Correct Amount Descriptions

Depreciation of plant and equipment

Indirect factory wages

Indirect materials

Insurance and property taxes

Net controllable variance-favorable

Net controllable variance-unfavorable

Power and light

Supervisory salaries

Total controllable variances

Total factory overhead cost

Total factory overhead cost variance-favorable

Total factory overhead cost variance-unfavorable

Total fixed cost

Total variable cost

Volume variance-favorable

Volume variance-unfavorable

Required:

Prepare a factory overhead cost variance report for May. To be useful for cost control, the budgeted amounts should be based on 8,740 hours. Refer to the Amount Descriptions list provided for the exact wording of the answer choices for text entries. Enter a favorable variance as a negative number using a minus sign and an unfavorable variance as a positive number.

Tiger Equipment Inc.

Factory Overhead Cost Variance Report—Welding Department

For the Month Ended May 31

1

Normal capacity for the month

8,400 hours

2

Actual production for the month

8,740 hours

3

4

Budget

Actual

Variances: Favorable

Variances: Unfavorable

5

Variable costs:

6

7

8

9

10

Fixed costs:

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

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Tiger Equipment Inc., a manufacturer of construction equipment, prepared the following factory overhead cost budget for...

Tiger Equipment Inc., a manufacturer of construction equipment, prepared the following factory overhead cost budget for the Welding Department for May of the current year. The company expected to operate the department at 100% of normal capacity of 8,400 hours.

1

Variable costs:

2

Indirect factory wages

$42,000.00

3

Power and light

26,880.00

4

Indirect materials

16,800.00

5

Total variable cost

$85,680.00

6

Fixed costs:

7

Supervisory salaries

$20,400.00

8

Depreciation of plant and equipment

35,400.00

9

Insurance and property taxes

15,600.00

10

Total fixed cost

71,400.00

11

Total factory overhead cost

$157,080.00

During May, the department operated at 8,740 hours, and the factory overhead costs incurred were indirect factory wages, $44,216; power and light, $28,240; indirect materials, $18,090; supervisory salaries, $20,400; depreciation of plant and equipment, $35,400; and insurance and property taxes, $15,600.

Use Correct Amount Descriptions

Depreciation of plant and equipment

Indirect factory wages

Indirect materials

Insurance and property taxes

Net controllable variance-favorable

Net controllable variance-unfavorable

Power and light

Supervisory salaries

Total controllable variances

Total factory overhead cost

Total factory overhead cost variance-favorable

Total factory overhead cost variance-unfavorable

Total fixed cost

Total variable cost

Volume variance-favorable

Volume variance-unfavorable

Required:

Prepare a factory overhead cost variance report for May. To be useful for cost control, the budgeted amounts should be based on 8,740 hours. Refer to the Amount Descriptions list provided for the exact wording of the answer choices for text entries. Enter a favorable variance as a negative number using a minus sign and an unfavorable variance as a positive number.

Tiger Equipment Inc.

Factory Overhead Cost Variance Report—Welding Department

For the Month Ended May 31

1

Normal capacity for the month

8,400 hours

2

Actual production for the month

8,740 hours

3

4

Budget

Actual

Variances: Favorable

Variances: Unfavorable

5

Variable costs:

6

7

8

9

10

Fixed costs:

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

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Factory Overhead Cost Variance Report Tannin Products Inc. prepared the following factory overhead cost budget for...

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 12,000 hours for production:

Variable overhead costs:
Indirect factory labor $39,600
Power and light 9,120
Indirect materials 16,800
   Total variable overhead cost $ 65,520
Fixed overhead costs:
Supervisory salaries $45,600
Depreciation of plant and equipment 12,000
Insurance and property taxes 22,400
   Total fixed overhead cost 80,000
Total factory overhead cost $145,520

Tannin has available 16,000 hours of monthly productive capacity in the Trim Department under normal business conditions. During July, the Trim Department actually used 11,000 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 $35,390
Power and light 8,210
Indirect materials 16,200
   Total variable cost $59,800

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 16,000 hrs.
Actual productive capacity used for the month 11,000 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 $

**THIS IS ALL THE AVAILABLE INFORMATION I HAVE. I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER INFORMATION**

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Smokey and the Bandit produces outdoor activity clothing. The product line consists of pants, jackets, tops,...

Smokey and the Bandit produces outdoor activity clothing. The product line consists of pants, jackets, tops, and accessories. Data has been collected related to direct materials and direct labor for the four product lines. Smokey and the Bandit has also collected information on four possible cost drivers (units, batches, machine hours, labor hours). All this information is listed below. Construct a spreadsheet that will allocate overhead for each of these alternative drivers and will calculate the total per unit cost for each product line. Use the VLOOKUP function when constructing the spreadsheet so that you can determine the effect of different cost drivers on the overhead allocated and the resulting cost per unit.   

Product Line

Units

Average Sales

Price per unit

Total Material Cost

Total Labor Cost

Pants

4,600

$73

$234,600

$20,115

Jackets

2,500

$98

$145,000

$25,200

Tops

9,800

$36

$156,800

$32,970

Accessories

18,500

$12

$ 37,000

$15,210

Product Line

Batches

Machine Hours

Labor Hours

Pants

42

1,640

1,341

Jackets

26

1,730

1,400

Tops

78

2,600

2,198

Accessories

95

2,250

845

Total overhead cost to be allocated: $321,560

After constructing your spreadsheet answer the following questions?

  1. What is the total cost per unit of each product line when machine hours are used as the cost driver for overhead allocation?
  2. How much overhead is allocated to Jackets when direct labor hours are used as the cost driver for overhead allocation?
  3. What is the total cost of Tops when direct labor hours are used as the cost driver for overhead allocation?
  4. What is the total cost per unit of Accessories when the number of batches is used as the cost driver for overhead allocation?
  5. What is the allocation rate when units are used as the cost driver?
  6. If you are the manager of the Jackets product line which cost driver would you prefer? Why?
  7. Currently the OH cost are being allocated based on DL hours. If the company decides to use units as the cost driver how would you react if you are the Accessories product line manager?

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Smokey and the Bandit produces outdoor activity clothing. The product line consists of pants, jackets, tops,...

Smokey and the Bandit produces outdoor activity clothing. The product line consists of pants, jackets, tops, and accessories. Data has been collected related to direct materials and direct labor for the four product lines. Smokey and the Bandit has also collected information on four possible cost drivers (units, batches, machine hours, labor hours). All this information is listed below. Construct a spreadsheet that will allocate overhead for each of these alternative drivers and will calculate the total per unit cost for each product line. Use the VLOOKUP function (show them) when constructing the spreadsheet so that you can determine the effect of different cost drivers on the overhead allocated and the resulting cost per unit.   

Product Line

Units

Average Sales

Price per unit

Total Material Cost

Total Labor Cost

Pants

4,600

$73

$234,600

$20,115

Jackets

2,500

$98

$145,000

$25,200

Tops

9,800

$36

$156,800

$32,970

Accessories

18,500

$12

$ 37,000

$15,210

Product Line

Batches

Machine Hours

Labor Hours

Pants

42

1,640

1,341

Jackets

26

1,730

1,400

Tops

78

2,600

2,198

Accessories

95

2,250

845

Total overhead cost to be allocated: $321,560

After constructing your spreadsheet answer the following questions?

  1. What is the total cost per unit of each product line when machine hours are used as the cost driver for overhead allocation?
  2. How much overhead is allocated to Jackets when direct labor hours are used as the cost driver for overhead allocation?
  3. What is the total cost of Tops when direct labor hours are used as the cost driver for overhead allocation?
  4. What is the total cost per unit of Accessories when the number of batches is used as the cost driver for overhead allocation?
  5. What is the allocation rate when units are used as the cost driver?
  6. If you are the manager of the Jackets product line which cost driver would you prefer? Why?
  7. Currently the OH cost are being allocated based on DL hours. If the company decides to use units as the cost driver how would you react if you are the Accessories product line manager?

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  Clean Water manufactures a water filter system. The cost standards developed by Clean Water appear below....

  1.   Clean Water manufactures a water filter system. The cost standards developed by Clean Water appear below. Manufacturing overhead at Clean Water is applied to production based on standard direct labor-hours:

Standard quantity per system

Standard cost per Kilogram or hour

Standard cost per system

Direct materials

4 Kilograms

$3.25

$13.00

Direct labor

1.4 hours

$11.00

15.40

Variable overhead

1.4 hours

$4.00

5.60

Fixed overhead

1.4 hours

$6.00

   8.40

Total standard cost per sucker

$42.40

The standards above were based on an expected annual volume of 8,000 systems Actual results for last year were as follows:

Number of systems produced

8,200

Direct labor-hours incurred

11,610

Kilograms of direct materials purchased

38,300

Kilograms of direct materials used in production

35,260

Total cost of direct materials purchased

$126,390

Total direct labor cost

$131,040

Total variable overhead cost

$44,900

Total fixed overhead cost

$67,080

           

Required:

Compute the following variances for Clear Water and comment on results.

           

A. Variable overhead efficiency variance.

B.Fixed overhead budget variance.

            C.Fixed overheard volume variance

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21. The Paul Manufacturing Company uses the process cost system and the average cost method.  The following...

21. The Paul Manufacturing Company uses the process cost system and the average cost method.  The following production data are for the month of April, 2016.

Production Costs

Work in process, beginning of month:

Materials

$ 4,350

Labor

3,200

Factory overhead

1,902

$ 9,452

Costs incurred during month:

Materials

$43,200

Labor

32,304

Factory overhead

19,020

94,524

Total

$103,976


Production Report

Units

In process, beginning of month

500

Finished and transferred during month

11,900

Work in process, end of month

1,200

Stage of completion

65%


Prepare a cost of production summary for the month.

Paul Manufacturing Company
Cost of Production Summary
For the Month Ended April 30, 2016

Cost of work in process, beginning of month:

   Materials

   Labor

   Factory overhead

$      

Cost of production for month:

   Materials

   Labor

   Factory overhead

Total costs to be accounted for

                 

Unit output for month:

   Finished and transferred to finished goods during month

   Equivalent units of work in process, end of month

    (                                                                    )

      Total equivalent production

Unit cost for month:

   Materials [(                                          ]

   Labor [(                                                ]

   Factory overhead [(                              ]

      Total

Inventory costs:

   Cost of goods finished and transferred to finished goods

     during month (11,900 × $8.20)

   Cost of work in process, end of month:

      Materials (                                        )

      Labor (                                             )

      Factory overhead (                           )

      Total production costs accounted for

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Nowjuice, Inc., produces Shakewell fruit juice. A planner has developed an aggregate forecast for demand (in...

Nowjuice, Inc., produces Shakewell fruit juice. A planner has developed an aggregate forecast for demand (in cases) for the next eight months.

month

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

forecast

4500

4400

6200

6400

5800

6600

7200

6900

Use the following information to develop aggregate plans.

Regular production cost: $10.00 per case

Regular production capacity: 5,000 cases

Overtime production cost: $16 per case

Subcontracting cost: $20 per case

Holding cost: $1 per case per month

Beginning inventory: 0

Develop an aggregate plan using each of the following guidelines and compute the total cost for each plan. Which plan has the lowest total cost?

(a) Use level production of 5,000 case per month. Supplement using overtime as needed. (Ans. Total cost = $529,600)

(b) Use a combination of overtime (500 cases per month for the first five months), inventory, and subcontracting (500 cases per month from September due to the staff shortage) to handle variations in demand. Note that a proper amount of overtime for the last three months should be found to determine the total cost. (Ans. Total cost = $539,200)

(c) Which one is better?

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Smoky Mountain Corporation makes two types of hiking boots—the Xtreme and the Pathfinder. Data concerning these...

Smoky Mountain Corporation makes two types of hiking boots—the Xtreme and the Pathfinder. Data concerning these two product lines appear below:

Xtreme Pathfinder
Selling price per unit $ 138.00 $ 90.00
Direct materials per unit $ 64.40 $ 51.00
Direct labor per unit $ 13.50 $ 9.00
Direct labor-hours per unit 1.5 DLHs 1.0 DLHs
Estimated annual production and sales 22,000 units 73,000 units

The company has a traditional costing system in which manufacturing overhead is applied to units based on direct labor-hours. Data concerning manufacturing overhead and direct labor-hours for the upcoming year appear below:

Estimated total manufacturing overhead $ 2,438,000
Estimated total direct labor-hours 106,000 DLHs

Required:

1. Compute the product margins for the Xtreme and the Pathfinder products under the company’s traditional costing system.

2. The company is considering replacing its traditional costing system with an activity-based costing system that would assign its manufacturing overhead to the following four activity cost pools (the Other cost pool includes organization-sustaining costs and idle capacity costs):

Estimated
Overhead Cost
Expected Activity
Activities and Activity Measures Xtreme Pathfinder Total
Supporting direct labor (direct labor-hours) $ 646,600 33,000 73,000 106,000
Batch setups (setups) 969,000 330 240 570
Product sustaining (number of products) 780,000 1 1 2
Other 42,400 NA NA NA
Total manufacturing overhead cost $ 2,438,000

Compute the product margins for the Xtreme and the Pathfinder products under the activity-based costing system.

3. Prepare a quantitative comparison of the traditional and activity-based cost assignments.

Xtreme Pathfinder Total
% of % of
Amount Total Amount Amount Total Amount Amount
Traditional Cost System
Direct materials % %
Direct labor % %
Manufacturing overhead % %
Total cost assigned to products $0 $0 $0
Xtreme Pathfinder Total
% of % of
Amount Total Amount Amount Total Amount Amount
Activity-Based Costing System
Direct costs:
Direct materials % %
Direct labor % %
Indirect costs:
Supporting direct labor % %
Batch setups % %
Product sustaining % %
Total cost assigned to products $0 $0 $0
Costs not assigned to products:
Other
Total cost $0

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FIFO Perpetual Inventory The beginning inventory at Dunne Co. and data on purchases and sales for...

FIFO Perpetual Inventory

The beginning inventory at Dunne Co. and data on purchases and sales for a three-month period ending June 30 are as follows:

Date Transaction Number
of Units
Per Unit Total
Apr. 3 Inventory 90 $450 $40,500
8 Purchase 180 540 97,200
11 Sale 120 1,500 180,000
30 Sale 75 1,500 112,500
May 8 Purchase 150 600 90,000
10 Sale 90 1,500 135,000
19 Sale 45 1,500 67,500
28 Purchase 150 660 99,000
June 5 Sale 90 1,575 141,750
16 Sale 120 1,575 189,000
21 Purchase 270 720 194,400
28 Sale 135 1,575 212,625

Required:

1. Record the inventory, purchases, and cost of merchandise sold data in a perpetual inventory record similar to the one illustrated in Exhibit 3, using the first-in, first-out method. Under FIFO, if units are in inventory at two different costs, enter the units with the LOWER unit cost first in the Cost of Goods Sold Unit Cost column and in the Inventory Unit Cost column.

Dunne Co.
Schedule of Cost of Goods Sold
FIFO Method
For the Three Months Ended June 30
Purchases Cost of Goods Sold Inventory
Date Quantity Unit Cost Total Cost Quantity Unit Cost Total Cost Quantity Unit Cost Total Cost

2. Determine the total sales and the total cost of goods sold for the period. Journalize the entries in the sales and cost of goods sold accounts. Assume that all sales were on account.

Record sale
Record cost

3. Determine the gross profit from sales for the period. $

4. Determine the ending inventory cost as of June 30. $

5. Based upon the preceding data, would you expect the ending inventory using the last-in, first-out method to be higher or lower?

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