1. Factory Overhead Cost Variance Report

   Feeling Better Medical Inc., a manufacturer of disposable medical supplies, prepared the following factory overhead cost budget for the Assembly Department for October of the current year. The company expected to operate the department at 100% of normal capacity of 8,800 hours.

   Variable costs:
   Indirect factory wages	$27,280
   Power and light	19,712
   Indirect materials	17,072
   Total variable cost		$64,064
   Fixed costs:
   Supervisory salaries	$18,010
   Depreciation of plant and equipment	46,210
   Insurance and property taxes	14,100
   Total fixed cost		78,320
   Total factory overhead cost		$142,384

   During October, the department operated at 9,300 standard hours, and the factory overhead costs incurred were indirect factory wages, $29,120; power and light, $20,460; indirect materials, $18,400; supervisory salaries, $18,010; depreciation of plant and equipment, $46,210; and insurance and property taxes, $14,100.

   Required:

   Prepare a factory overhead cost variance report for October. To be useful for cost control, the budgeted amounts should be based on 9,300 hours. Enter a favorable variance as a negative number using a minus sign and an unfavorable variance as a positive number. Round your per unit computations to the nearest cent, if required. If an amount box does not require an entry, leave it blank.

   Feeling Better Medical Inc.
   Factory Overhead Cost Variance ReportAssembly Department
   For the Month Ended October 31
   Normal capacity for the month 8,800 hrs.
   Actual production for the month 9,300 hrs.
   	Actual Cost	Budget (at Actual Production)	Unfavorable Variances	Favorable Variances
   Variable factory overhead costs:
   Indirect factory wages	$fill in the blank 1	$fill in the blank 2	$fill in the blank 3	$fill in the blank 4
   Power and light	fill in the blank 5	fill in the blank 6	fill in the blank 7	fill in the blank 8
   Indirect materials	fill in the blank 9	fill in the blank 10	fill in the blank 11	fill in the blank 12
   Total variable cost	$fill in the blank 13	$fill in the blank 14
   Fixed factory overhead costs:
   Supervisory salaries	$fill in the blank 15	$fill in the blank 16
   Depreciation of plant and equipment	fill in the blank 17	fill in the blank 18
   Insurance and property taxes	fill in the blank 19	fill in the blank 20
   Total fixed cost	$fill in the blank 21	$fill in the blank 22
   Total factory overhead cost	$fill in the blank 23	$fill in the blank 24
   Total controllable variances			$fill in the blank 25	$fill in the blank 26
   			$fill in the blank 28
   Volume variance-favorable:
   Excess hours used over normal at the standard rate for fixed factory overhead			fill in the blank 29
   			$fill in the blank 31