Quick Fix Services, Inc. is trying to establish the standard labor cost of a typical oil change.

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Quick Fix Services, Inc. is trying to establish the standard labor cost of a typical oil change. The following data have been collected from time and motion studies conducted over the past month.

Actual time spent on the oil change ..... 1.0 hour

Hourly wage rate .............. $10

Payroll taxes .......... 10% of wage rate

Setup and downtime ..... 10% of actual labor time

Cleanup and rest periods .. 30% of actual labor time

Fringe benefits .......... 25% of wage rate


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(a) Determine the standard direct labor hours per oil change.

(b) Determine the standard direct labor hourly rate.

(c) Determine the standard direct labor cost per oil change.

(d) If an oil change took 1.5 hours at the standard hourly rate, what was the direct labor quantity variance?

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Managerial Accounting Tools for business decision making

ISBN: 978-0470477144

5th edition

Authors: Jerry J. Weygandt, Paul D. Kimmel, Donald E. Kieso

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