17.18. Sedona Company set the following standard costs for one unit of its product for 2017. Direct material (30 Ibs. @ $2.00 per Ib.) $
17.18.
Sedona Company set the following standard costs for one unit of its product for 2017.
Direct material (30 Ibs. @ $2.00 per Ib.) | $ | 60.00 | ||
Direct labor (20 hrs. @ $4.50 per hr.) | 90.00 | |||
Factory variable overhead (20 hrs. @ $2.50 per hr.) | 50.00 | |||
Factory fixed overhead (20 hrs. @ $1.20 per hr.) | 24.00 | |||
Standard cost | $ | 224.00 | ||
The $3.70 ($2.50 + $1.20) total overhead rate per direct labor hour is based on an expected operating level equal to 70% of the factory's capacity of 55,000 units per month. The following monthly flexible budget information is also available.
Operating Levels (% of capacity) | ||||||||||||
Flexible Budget | 65% | 70% | 75% | |||||||||
Budgeted output (units) | 35,750 | 38,500 | 41,250 | |||||||||
Budgeted labor (standard hours) | 715,000 | 770,000 | 825,000 | |||||||||
Budgeted overhead (dollars) | ||||||||||||
Variable overhead | $ | 1,787,500 | $ | 1,925,000 | $ | 2,062,500 | ||||||
Fixed overhead | 924,000 | 924,000 | 924,000 | |||||||||
Total overhead | $ | 2,711,500 | $ | 2,849,000 | $ | 2,986,500 | ||||||
During the current month, the company operated at 65% of capacity, employees worked 678,000 hours, and the following actual overhead costs were incurred.
Variable overhead costs | $ | 1,715,000 | ||
Fixed overhead costs | 999,200 | |||
Total overhead costs | $ | 2,714,200 | ||
AH = Actual Hours SH = Standard Hours AVR = Actual Variable Rate SVR = Standard Variable Rate SFR = Standard Fixed Rate
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18.1 1. Compute the variable overhead spending and efficiency variances.
18.2 Compute the fixed overhead spending and volume variances and classify each as favorable or unfavorable
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