Question

Bullseye Company manufactures dartboards. Its standard cost information follows:

	Standard Quantity		Standard Price (Rate)			Standard Unit Cost
Direct materials (cork board)	0.70	sq. ft.	$	1.20	per sq. ft.	$	0.84
Direct labor	1.00	hrs.	$	12.00	per hr.		12.00
Variable manufacturing overhead (based on direct labor hours)	1.00	hrs.	$	0.60	per hr.		0.60
Fixed manufacturing overhead ($20,750/83,000)							0.25

Bullseye has the following actual results for the month of September:

Number of units produced and sold		78,000
Number of square feet of corkboard used		58,600
Cost of corkboard used	$	60,200
Number of labor hours worked		82,000
Direct labor cost	$	122,000
Variable overhead cost	$	125,760
Fixed overhead cost	$	33,000

Required:
1. Calculate the fixed overhead spending variance for Bullseye. (Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, "U" for unfavorable.)



2. Calculate the fixed overhead volume variance for Bullseye. (Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, "U" for unfavorable.)



3. Calculate the total over- or underapplied fixed manufacturing overhead for Bullseye. (Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable/Overapplied and "U" for unfavorable/underapplied.)

Answer 1

1. Fixed overhead spending variance = Actual fixed overhead - Budgeted fixed overhead

= $33,000 - $20750

= $12,250 Unfavorable

2. Fixed overhead volume variance = Budgeted fixed overhead - Standard fixed oh applied on actual production

= $20750 - (79,000 * 0.25)

= $20750 - $19750

= $1,000 Unfavorable

3. Total fixed overhead variance = Fixed overhead spending variance + Fixed overhead volume variance

= $12,250 Unfavorable + $1,000 Unfavorable

= $13,250 Unfavorable