Miguez Corporation makes a product with the following standard costs: Standard Quantity or Hours Standard Price
Question:
Miguez Corporation makes a product with the following standard costs:
Standard Quantity or Hours | Standard Price or Rate | Standard Cost Per Unit | |||
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Direct materials | 2.5 | liters | $ 7.20 | per liter | $ 18.00 |
Direct labor | 0.6 | hours | $ 24.00 | per hour | $ 14.40 |
Variable overhead | 0.6 | hours | $ 2.20 | per hour | $ 1.32 |
The company budgeted for production of 2,800 units in September, but actual production was 2,700 units. The company used 5,640 liters of direct material and 1,700 direct labor-hours to produce this output. The company purchased 6,000 liters of the direct material at $7.40 per liter. The actual direct labor rate was $26.10 per hour and the actual variable overhead rate was $2.00 per hour.
The company applies variable overhead on the basis of direct labor-hours. The direct materials purchases variance is computed when the materials are purchased.
The variable overhead rate variance for September is:
Managerial Accounting
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