Question

Factory Overhead Cost Variances Thomas Textiles Corporation began November with a budget for 46,000 hours of production in the Weaving Department. The department has a full capacity of 61,000 hours under normal business conditions. The budgeted overhead at the planned volumes at the beginning of November was as follows: Variable overhead $115,000 Fixed overhead 79,300 Total $194,300 The actual factory overhead was $196,600 for November. The actual fixed factory overhead was as budgeted. During November, the Weaving Department had standard hours at actual production volume of 48,000 hours. Determine the variable factory overhead controllable variance and the fixed factory overhead volume variance. Enter a favorable variance as a negative number using a minus sign and an unfavorable variance as a positive number. Round your interim computations to the nearest cent, if required. a. Variable factory overhead controllable variance: $ b. Fixed factory overhead volume variance: $

Answer 1

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Solution a:

Standard rate of variable overhead = $115,000 / 46000 = $2.50 per hour

Variable factory overhead controllable variance = Actual variable overhead costs - Standard variable overhead costs

=($196,600 - $79,300) - (48000*$2.50)

= -$2,700 Favorable

b)

Fixed overhead rate = $79,300 / 61000 = $1.30 per hour

Fixed overhead volume variance = Budgeted fixed overhead - Fixed overhead applied= $79,300 -(48000*$1.30) = $16,900 Unfavorable