The following information is available from Swinney Company for December: Total factory overhead incurred ..............$40,000 Variable overhead
Question:
The following information is available from Swinney Company for December:
Total factory overhead incurred ..............$40,000
Variable overhead expenses, incurred .............$24,150
Fixed overhead expenses, budgeted ............$18,000
Direct labor hours (DLH) worked ............. 4,200
Standard direct labor hours allowed for the units manufactured .. 4,000
Practical capacity, in direct labor hours ........... 4,500
Standard variable overhead rate per DLH .......... $5.00
Swinney uses direct labor hours to apply factory overhead.
Required
Use the framework presented in Exhibit 15.7 to compute the following for the month of
December:
1. Variable overhead spending variance.
2. Variable overhead efficiency variance.
3. Fixed overhead spending (budget) variance.
4. Fixed overhead production-volume variance.
5. Total overhead variance.
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Cost management a strategic approach
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