Question: Please help me on how to solve this problem. Thank you Antuan Company set the following standard costs for one unit of its product. Direct
Please help me on how to solve this problem. Thank you
Antuan Company set the following standard costs for one unit of its product.
| Direct materials (3.0 Ibs. @ $5.00 per Ib.) | $ | 15.00 |
| Direct labor (1.7 hrs. @ $13.00 per hr.) | 22.10 | |
| Overhead (1.7 hrs. @ $18.50 per hr.) | 31.45 | |
| Total standard cost | $ | 68.55 |
The predetermined overhead rate ($18.50 per direct labor hour) is based on an expected volume of 75% of the factorys capacity of 20,000 units per month. Following are the companys budgeted overhead costs per month at the 75% capacity level.
| Overhead Budget (75% Capacity) | |||||
| Variable overhead costs | |||||
| Indirect materials | $ | 15,000 | |||
| Indirect labor | 75,000 | ||||
| Power | 15,000 | ||||
| Repairs and maintenance | 30,000 | ||||
| Total variable overhead costs | $ | 135,000 | |||
| Fixed overhead costs | |||||
| DepreciationBuilding | 24,000 | ||||
| DepreciationMachinery | 71,000 | ||||
| Taxes and insurance | 17,000 | ||||
| Supervision | 224,750 | ||||
| Total fixed overhead costs | 336,750 | ||||
| Total overhead costs | $ | 471,750 | |||
The company incurred the following actual costs when it operated at 75% of capacity in October.
| Direct materials (46,500 Ibs. @ $5.10 per lb.) | $ | 237,150 | |||
| Direct labor (19,000 hrs. @ $13.30 per hr.) | 252,700 | ||||
| Overhead costs | |||||
| Indirect materials | $ | 42,000 | |||
| Indirect labor | 176,300 | ||||
| Power | 17,250 | ||||
| Repairs and maintenance | 34,500 | ||||
| DepreciationBuilding | 24,000 | ||||
| DepreciationMachinery | 95,850 | ||||
| Taxes and insurance | 15,300 | ||||
| Supervision | 224,750 | 629,950 | |||
| Total costs | $ | 1,119,800 | |||
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3. Compute the direct materials cost variance, including its price and quantity variances. AQ = Actual Quantity SQ = Standard Quantity AP = Actual Price SP = Standard Price
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