Chilczuk, S.A., of Gdansk, Poland, is a major producer of classic Polish sausage. The company uses a standard cost system to help control costs. Manufacturing overhead is applied to production on the basis of standard direct labor-hours. According to the company’s flexible budget, the following manufacturing overhead costs should be incurred at an activity level of 35,000 labor-hours (the denominator activity level):

Variable manufacturing overhead cost . . . . . . . . . . . $ 87,500

Fixed manufacturing overhead cost . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210,000

Total manufacturing overhead cost . . . . . . . . . . . . . $297,500

During the most recent year, the following operating results were recorded:

Activity:

Actual labor-hours worked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,000

Standard labor-hours allowed for output . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,000

Cost:

Actual variable manufacturing overhead cost incurred.$78,000

Actual fixed manufacturing overhead cost incurred . . . $209,400

At the end of the year, the company’s Manufacturing Overhead account contained the following data:

Management would like to determine the cause of the $ 15,400 underapplied overhead.

Required:
1. Compute the predetermined overhead rate. Break the rate down into variable and fixed cost elements.
2. Show how the $ 272,000 Applied figure in the Manufacturing Overhead account was computed.
3. Analyze the $ 15,400 underapplied overhead figure in terms of the variable overhead rate and efficiency variances and the fixed overhead budget and volume variances.
4. Explain the meaning of each variance that you computed in (3)above.

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Manufacturing Overhead Actual 287,400 Applied 272,000 15,400