Haliburton Mills Inc. is a large producer of men's and women's clothing. The company uses standard costs for all of its products. The standard costs and actual costs for a recent period are given below for one of the company's product lines (per unit of product): Standard Cost Actual Cost $ 20.00 $20.90 13.50 12.61 Direct materials: Standard: 4.0 metres at $5.00 per metre Actual: 4.4 metres at $4.75 per metre Direct labour: Standard: 3.0 hours at $4.50 per hour Actual: 2.6 hours at $4.85 per hour Variable manufacturing overhead: . Standard: 3.0 hours at $2.80 per hour Actual: 2.6 hours at $3.30 per hour Fixed manufacturing overhead: Standard: 3.0 hours at $4.40 per hour Actual: 2.6 hours at $4.45 per hour Total cost per unit 8.40 8.58 13.20 11.57 $53.66 $ 55.10 Actual costs: 5,100 units at $53.66 Standard costs: 5,100 units at $55.10 Difference in cost-favourable $273,666 281,010 $ 7,344 During this period, the company produced 5,100 units of product. A comparison of standard and actual costs for the period on a total cost basis is also given above. There was no inventory of materials on hand to start the period. During the period, 22,440 metres of materials was purchased and used in production. The denominator level of activity for the period was 13,500 hours. Required: 1. For direct materials: a. Compute the price and quantity variances for the period. (Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favourable, "U" for unfavourable, and "None" for no effect (i.e., zero variance).) Price variance Quantity variance b. Prepare journal entries to record all activity relating to direct materials for the period. View transaction list Journal entry worksheet A B Record the materials price variance. Note: Enter debits before credits. Event General Journal Debit Credit 1 Record entry Clear entry View general journal View transaction list Journal entry worksheet Record the materials quantity variance. Note: Enter debits before credits. Event General Journal Debit Credit 2 Record entry Clear entry View general journal 2. For direct labour: a. Compute the rate and efficiency variances. (Indicate the effect of variance by selecting "F" for favourable, "U" for unfavourable, and "None" for no effect (i.e., zero variance).) Labour rate variance Labour efficiency variance b. Prepare a journal entry to record the incurrence of direct labour cost for the period. (List debit entries first). View transaction list Journal entry worksheet Record the incurrence of direct labour cost for the period. Note: Enter debits before credits. Event General Journal Debit Credit 1 Record entry Clear entry View general journal 3. Compute the variable manufacturing overhead spending and efficiency variances. (Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favourable, "U" for unfavourable, and "None" for no effect (i.e., zero variance).) Variable overhead spending variance Variable overhead efficiency variance 4. Compute the fixed overhead budget and volume variances. (Indicate the effect of variance by selecting "F" for favourable, "U" for unfavourable, and "None" for no effect (i.e., zero variance).) Fixed overhead budget variance Fixed overhead volume variance 5. On seeing the $7,344 total cost variance, the company's president stated, "It's obvious that our costs are well under control." Do you agree? O Yes
