Exercise 16-36 (Static) Variable Cost Variances (LO 16-5)

Paynesville Corporation manufactures and sells a preservative used in food and drug manufacturing. The company carries no inventories. The master budget calls for the company to manufacture and sell 100,000 liters at a budgeted price of $75 per liter this year. The standard direct cost sheet for one liter of the preservative follows.

Direct materials	(2 pounds @ $4)	$	8
Direct labor	(0.5 hours @ $24)		12

Variable overhead is applied based on direct labor hours. The variable overhead rate is $20 per direct-labor hour. The fixed overhead rate (at the master budget level of activity) is $10 per unit. All non-manufacturing costs are fixed and are budgeted at $1.2 million for the coming year. At the end of the year, the costs analyst reported that the sales activity variance for the year was $270,000 unfavorable.

The following is the actual income statement (in thousands of dollars) for the year.

Sales revenue	$	7,238
Less variable costs
Direct materials		748
Direct labor		1,010
Variable overhead		930
Total variable costs	$	2,688
Contribution margin	$	4,550
Less fixed costs
Fixed manufacturing overhead		1,050
Non-manufacturing costs		1,230
Total fixed costs	$	2,280
Operating profit	$	2,270

During the year, the company purchased 176,000 pounds of material and employed 40,400 hours of direct labor.

Required;

a) Compute the direct material price and efficiency variances

b) Compute the direct labor price and efficiency variances

c) Compute the variable overhead price and efficiency variances