Question: The Littlefield Company applies manufacturing overhead costs to products on the basis of direct labor-hours. The standard cost card shows that 12 direct labor-hours are

  1. The Littlefield Company applies manufacturing overhead costs to products on the basis of direct labor-hours. The standard cost card shows that 12 direct labor-hours are required per unit of product. For August, the company budgeted to work 360,000 direct labor-hours and to incur the following total manufacturing overhead costs:
    Total fixed overhead costs

    $475,200

    Total variable overhead costs

    $396,000

    During August, the company completed 28,000 units of product, worked 344,000 direct labor-hours, and incurred the following total manufacturing overhead costs:
    Total fixed overhead costs

    $461,200

    Total variable overhead costs

    $395,600

    The denominator activity in the predetermined overhead rate is 360,000 direct labor-hours. (Note that this is the same data that was provided for the previous question.) The fixed overhead volume variance for August is:

    $17,200 U.

    $19,920 F.

    $19,920 U.

    $31,680 U.

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