Question

Preble Company manufactures one product. Its variable manufacturing overhead is applied to production based on direct labor-hours and its standard cost card per unit is as follows: Direct materials: 5 pounds at $10 per pound Direct labor: 4 hours at $14 per hour Variable overhead: 4 hours at $4 per hour $ 50 56 16 Total standard cost per unit $122 The planning budget for March was based on producing and selling 29,000 units. However, during March the company actually produced and sold 34,200 units and incurred the following costs: a. Purchased 180,000 pounds of raw materials at a cost of $9.50 per pound. All of this material was used in production. b. Direct laborers worked 74,000 hours at a rate of $15 per hour. c. Total variable manufacturing overhead for the month was $440,300.

1. What raw materials cost would be included in the company’s planning budget for March?

13. What variable manufacturing overhead cost would be included in the company’s flexible budget for Marc

14. What is the variable overhead rate variance for March? (Round the actual overhead rate to two decimal places. Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, "U" for unfavorable, and "None" for no effect (i.e., zero variance.). Input all amounts as positive values.)

15. What is the variable overhead efficiency variance for March? (Round the actual overhead rate to two decimal places. Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, "U" for unfavorable, and "None" for no effect (i.e., zero variance.). Input all amounts as positive values.)

Answer 1

1	Raw materials cost in planning budget	1450000	=29000*50
13	Variable manufacturing overhead cost	547200	=34200*16
14	Variable overhead rate variance	144300 U	=440300-(74000*4)
15	Variable overhead efficiency variance	251200 F	=4*(74000-34200*4)