Question

Tiger Equipment Inc., a manufacturer of construction equipment, prepared the following factory overhead cost budget for the Welding Department for May of the current year. The company expected to operate the department at 100% of normal capacity of 8,400 hours.

Variable costs:
Indirect factory wages	$30,240
Power and light	20,160
Indirect materials	16,800
Total variable cost		$67,200
Fixed costs:
Supervisory salaries	$20,000
Depreciation of plant and equipment	36,200
Insurance and property taxes	15,200
Total fixed cost		71,400
Total factory overhead cost		$138,600

During May, the department operated at 8,860 hours, and the factory overhead costs incurred were indirect factory wages, $32,400; power and light, $21,000; indirect materials, $18,250; supervisory salaries, $20,000; depreciation of plant and equipment, $36,200; and insurance and property taxes, $15,200.

Required:

Prepare a factory overhead cost variance report for May. To be useful for cost control, the budgeted amounts should be based on 8,860 hours. Enter a favorable variance as a negative number using a minus sign and an unfavorable variance as a positive number. If an amount box does not require an entry, leave it blank.

Tiger Equipment Inc.
Factory Overhead Cost Variance Report-Welding Department
For the Month Ended May 31
Normal capacity for the month 8,400 hrs.
Actual production for the month 8,860 hrs.
	Actual Cost	Budget (at Actual Production)	Unfavorable Variances	Favorable Variances
Variable factory overhead costs:
Indirect factory wages	$	$	$	$
Power and light
Indirect materials
Total variable cost	$	$
Fixed factory overhead costs:
Supervisory salaries	$	$
Depreciation of plant and equipment
Insurance and property taxes
Total fixed cost	$	$
Total factory overhead cost	$	$
Total controllable variances			$	$
			$
Volume variance—favorable:
Excess hours used over normal at the standard rate for fixed factory overhead
			$

Answer 1

Tiger Equipment Inc.
Factory Overhead Cost Variance Report-Welding Department
For the Month Ended May 31
Normal capacity for the month 8,400 hrs.
Actual production for the month 8,860 hrs.
		Budget
	Actual	(at Actual	Unfavorable	Favorable
	Cost	Production)	Variances	Variances
Variable factory overhead costs:
Indirect factory wages ( 8,860 hrs. × ($30,240 ÷ 8,400 hrs.))	$   31,896.00	$    32,400.00	$	$     504.00
Power and light (8,860 hrs. × ($20,160 ÷ 8,400 hrs.)	$   21,264.00	$    21,000.00	$   (264.00)
Indirect materials 8,860 hrs. × ($16,800 ÷ 8,400 hrs.)	$   17,720.00	$    18,250.00		$     530.00
Total variable cost	$   70,880.00	$    71,650.00
Fixed factory overhead costs:
Supervisory salaries	$   20,000.00	$    20,000.00
Depreciation of plant and equipment	$   36,200.00	$    36,200.00
Insurance and property taxes	$   15,200.00	$    15,200.00
Total fixed cost	$   71,400.00	$    71,400.00
Total factory overhead cost	$ 142,280.00	$  143,050.00	$   (264.00)	$  1,034.00
Total controllable variances				$     770.00
Volume variance—favorable:
Excess hours used over normal at the standard rate for fixed factory overhead
(8,400 hrs. – 8,860 hrs.) × $8.50				-3910
Total factory overhead cost variance—favorable			$	$(3,140.00)