Topeka Plastics Inc. prepared the following factory overhead cost budget for the Trim Department for July 2012,

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Topeka Plastics Inc. prepared the following factory overhead cost budget for the Trim Department for July 2012, during which it expected to use 25,000 hours for production:

Variable overhead cost:



  Indirect factory labor

$20,000


  Power and light

18,000


  Indirect materials

9,000


    Total variable cost


$ 47,000

Fixed overhead cost:



  Supervisory salaries

$50,000


  Depreciation of plant and equipment

33,100


  Insurance and property taxes

11,400


    Total fixed cost


94,500

Total factory overhead cost


$141,500

Topeka Plastics has available 30,000 hours of monthly productive capacity in the Trim Department under normal business conditions. During July, the Trim Department actually used 28,000 hours for production. The actual fixed costs were as budgeted. The actual variable overhead for July was as follows:

Actual variable factory overhead cost:

Indirect factory labor .............. $23,250

Power and light .......................... 20,000

Indirect materials ...................... 11,100

Total variable cost ................... $54,350


Construct a factory overhead cost variance report for the Trim Department for July.

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