Toronto Manufacturing Company uses a standard cost system. John Robert, a financial analyst for Toronto Manufacturing Company,
Question:
Toronto Manufacturing Company uses a standard cost system. John Robert, a financial analyst for Toronto Manufacturing Company, has been given information with respect to standard cost variances for one of the plants. These variances are given below.
He has determined that the company has manufactured 75,000 units of product with standard costs as follows:
The actual fixed factory overhead was equal to the master budgeted fixed factory overhead. Mr. Robert would like to use the variances to develop some of the cost data for the fiscal period.
Instructions
Answer the following questions:
(a) How many units of product should be manufactured at the master budget capacity?
(b) Determine the total fixed factory overhead for the master budget.
(c) How many direct labour hours should have been used to manufacture 75,000 units of product?
(d) How many direct labour hours were actually used to manufacture 75,000 units of product?
(e) What were the total actual costs of direct labour?
(f) What were the total standard costs of the direct materials used in production?
(g) What was the actual variable factory overhead cost?
(h) What was the budget variable factory overhead for actual time used to manufacture 75,000 units of product?
(i) What was the budget variable factory overhead for the required time to manufacture 75,000 units of product?
Step by Step Answer:
Managerial Accounting Tools for Business Decision Making
ISBN: 978-1118856994
4th Canadian edition
Authors: Jerry J. Weygandt, Paul D. Kimmel, Donald E. Kieso, Ibrahim M. Aly