Question: Problem 1. (10 Points). Engineworks Co. provides the following fixed budget data for the year: Sales (20,000 units) . $600,000 Cost of sales: Direct materials

Problem 1. (10 Points).

Engineworks Co. provides the following fixed budget data for the year:

Sales (20,000 units) .

$600,000

Cost of sales:

Direct materials ..

$200,000

Direct labor

160,000

Variable overhead ..

60,000

Fixed overhead ..

80,000

500,000

Gross profit .

$100,000

Operating expenses:

Fixed ..

$12,000

Variable .

40,000

52,000

Income from operations ..

$ 48,000

The company's actual activity for the year follows:

Sales (21,000 units) .

$651,000

Cost of goods sold:

Direct materials ..

$231,000

Direct labor

168,000

Variable overhead ..

73,500

Fixed overhead ..

77,500

550,000

Gross profit .

$101,000

Operating expenses:

Fixed .

12,000

Variable .

39,500

51,500

Income from operations .

$ 49,500

Required:

Prepare a flexible budget performance report for the year using the contribution margin format.

Problem 2. (10 Points).

The following information comes from the records of Barney Co. for the current period.

a. Compute the direct materials price and quantity variances, direct labor rate and efficiency variances and state whether the variance is favorable or unfavorable.

b. Prepare the journal entries to charge direct materials and direct labor costs to work in process and the materials and labor variances to their proper accounts.

Actual costs and quantities:

Direct materials used

37,000 feet @ $6.20 per foot

Direct labor hours used

50,660 hours

Direct labor rate per hour .

$16.50

25,000 units were produced during the period.

Standard costs and quantities per unit:

Direct materials

1.5 ft. @ $6.10 per ft.

Direct labor ...

2 hours @ $17 per hour

Problem 3. (10 Points).

Gleason Company has developed the following standard cost data based on 60,000 direct labor hours, which is 75% of capacity. Fixed overhead is $360,000 and variable overhead is $180,000 at this level of activity.

Per Unit

Direct material (3 lbs. @ $2.00/1b.)

$ 6.00

Direct labor (0.5 hrs. @ $8.00/hr. ) .

4.00

Variable overhead (0.5 hrs. @ $3.00/hr.)

1.50

Fixed overhead (0.5 hrs. @ $6.00/hr.)

3.00

Total standard cost ......

$14.50

During the current period, the company operated at 80% of capacity and produced 128,000 units. Actual costs were:

Direct material (380,000 lbs.) .

$779,000

Direct labor (63,000 hrs.) .

507,150

Fixed overhead .

365,000

Variable overhead

220,000

Calculate the variable overhead spending and efficiency variance and the fixed overhead spending and volume variances. Indicate whether each is favorable or unfavorable.

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