Kohler Clothiers manufactures women's business suits. The company uses a standard cost accounting system. In March 2016,
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Overhead is applied based on direct labour hours. At normal capacity, budgeted fixed overhead costs were $125,000, and budgeted variable overhead costs were $63,000.
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(a) Calculate the total, price, and quantity variances for materials and labour, and calculate the total, overhead, and volume variances for manufacturing overhead.
(b) Which of the materials and labour variances should be investigated if management considers a variance of more than 5% from standard to be significant? Discuss the potential causes of this variance.
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Managerial Accounting Tools for Business Decision Making
ISBN: 978-1118856994
4th Canadian edition
Authors: Jerry J. Weygandt, Paul D. Kimmel, Donald E. Kieso, Ibrahim M. Aly
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