50. (Variance analysis with unknowns) ATTENTION Products manufactures a neon lamp sign with the following standard conversion
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50. (Variance analysis with unknowns) ATTENTION Products manufactures a neon lamp sign with the following standard conversion costs:
Direct labor (4 hours @ $12 per hour) $ 48 Factory overhead (10,000 DLH expected capacity)
Variable (4 hours @ $16 per hour) 64 Fixed (4 hours @ $8 per hour) 32 Total unit conversion cost $144 The following data are given for December, when 8,000 standard labor hours were used:
Labor rate variance $ 4,500 U Labor efficiency variance 12,000 U Actual variable overhead 153,000 Actual fixed overhead 78,000 Calculate the answers for the following unknowns:
a. Total applied factory overhead
b. Volume variance
c. Variable overhead spending variance
d. Variable overhead efficiency variance
e. Total actual overhead
f. Number of units manufactured
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Cost Accounting Traditions And Innovations
ISBN: 9780324180909
5th Edition
Authors: Jesse T. Barfield, Cecily A. Raiborn, Michael R. Kinney