Rudd Clothiers is a small company that manufactures tall-men?s suits. The company has used a standard cost
Question:
Rudd Clothiers is a small company that manufactures tall-men?s suits. The company has used a standard cost accounting system. In May 2017, 11,250 suits were produced. The following standard and actual cost data applied to the month of May when normal capacity was 14,000 direct labor hours. All materials purchased were used.
Cost Element |
Standard (per unit) |
Actual |
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Direct materials | 8 yards at $4.40 per yard | $375,575 for 90,500 yards ($4.15 per yard) | ||
Direct labor | 1.2 hours at $13.40 per hour | $200,925 for 14,250 hours ($14.10 per hour) | ||
Overhead | 1.2 hours at $6.10 per hour (fixed $3.50; variable $2.60) | $49,000 fixed overhead $37,000 variable overhead |
Overhead is applied on the basis of direct labor hours. At normal capacity, budgeted fixed overhead costs were $49,000, and budgeted variable overhead was $36,400.(a)Compute the total, price, and quantity variances for (1) materials and (2) labor.?(Round answers to 0 decimal places, e.g. 125.)
(1) | Total materials variance | $ | ?UnfavorableNeither favorable nor unfavorableFavorable | |||
Materials price variance | $ | ?UnfavorableNeither favorable nor unfavorableFavorable | ||||
Materials quantity variance | $ | ?Neither favorable nor unfavorableUnfavorableFavorable | ||||
(2) | Total labor variance | $ | ?Neither favorable nor unfavorableUnfavorableFavorable | |||
Labor price variance | $ | ?UnfavorableFavorableNeither favorable nor unfavorable | ||||
Labor quantity variance | $ | ?FavorableNeither favorable nor unfavorableUnfavorable |
(b)Compute the total overhead variance.
Total overhead variance | $ | ?UnfavorableNeither favorable nor unfavorableFavorable |
Accounting Principles
ISBN: 978-1118875056
12th edition
Authors: Jerry Weygandt, Paul Kimmel, Donald Kieso