Grant Manufacturing uses standard costing. It allocates manufacturing overhead (both variable and fixed) to products on the
Question:
Grant Manufacturing uses standard costing. It allocates manufacturing overhead (both variable and fixed) to products on the basis of standard direct manufacturing labor-hours (DMLH). Grant develops its manufacturing overhead rate from the current annual budget. The manufacturing overhead budget for 2020 is based on budgeted output of 576,000 units, requiring 2,304,000 DMLH. The company is able to schedule production uniformly throughout the year.
A total of 46,000 output units requiring 193,200 DMLH was produced during August 2020. Manufacturing overhead (MOH) costs incurred for August amounted to $329,100. The actual costs, compared with the annual budget and 1/12 of the annual budget, are as follows:
Required
Calculate the following amounts for Grant Manufacturing for August 2020:
1. Total manufacturing overhead costs allocated
2. Variable manufacturing overhead spending variance
3. Fixed manufacturing overhead spending variance
4. Variable manufacturing overhead efficiency variance
5. Production-volume variance
Be sure to identify each variance as favorable (F) or unfavorable (U).
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Horngrens Cost Accounting A Managerial Emphasis
ISBN: 9780135628478
17th Edition
Authors: Srikant M. Datar, Madhav V. Rajan