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*Trico Company set the following standard unit costs for its single product. Dir

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*Trico Company set the following standard unit costs for its single product.

Direct Materials (30lbs @ $4 per lb.)…..$120.00

Direct Labor (5hrs @ $14 per hr)…..70.00

Factory Overhead – variable (5hrs @ $8 per hr)…..40.00

Factory Overhead – fixed (5 hrs @ $10 per hr)…..50.00

Total Standard Cost…..$280.00

*The predetermined overhead rate is based on a planned operating volume of 80% of the productive capacity of 60,000 units per quarter. The following flexible budget information is available.

……………………………………………….70%.....................80%.................90%

Production in units………………..42,000……………….48,000………….54,000

Standard direct labor hours…..210,000……………..240,000…………..270,000

Budgeted overhead

……Fixed factory overhead…..$2,400,000…..$2,400,000…$2,400,000

……Variable factory overhead..$1,680,000…$1,920,000…..$2,160,000

*During the current quarter, the company operated at 90% of capacity and produced 54,000 units of product; actual direct labor totaled 265,000 hours. Units produced were assigned the following standard costs:

Direct Materials (1,620,000 lbs @ $4 per lb.)…..$6,480,000

Direct Labor (270,000 hrs @ $14 per hr)…..3,780,000

Factory overhead (270,000 hrs @ $18 per hour)…..4,860,000

Total Standard Cost…..$15,120,000

*Actual costs incurred during the current quarter follow:

Direct Materials (1,615,000 lbs @ $4.10)…..$6,621,500

Direct Labor (265,000 hrs @ $13.75)…..3,643,750

Fixed factory overhead costs…..2,350,000

Variable factory overhead costs…..2,200,000

Total actual costs…..$14,815,250

REQUIRED:

Compute the direct materials cost variance, including its price and quantity variances. Show work.

Compute the direct labor variance; including its rate and efficiency variance. Show work.

Compute the overhead controllable and volume variances. Show work.

Explanation / Answer

1)Material Price variance = AQ (AP-SP)

                                     = 1,615,000 ( 4.10 - 4)

                                    = 1,615,000 * .10

                                    = 161500 (U)

Material quantity variance = SR(AQ-SQ)

                                      = 4 (1,615,000 - 1,620,000)

                                      = 4 *- 5000

                                      = - 20000 (F)

MCV =MPV +MQV

        = 161500 + (-20000)

         = 141500(U)

2)labor rate vairance =   AH (AR-SR)

                              = 265000 (13.75- 14)

                             = 265000 * -.25

                            = - 66250(F)

Labor efficiency variance = SR(AH -SH)

                                   = 14 (265000 - 270000)

                                  = 14 * - 5000

                                  = 70,000 (F)

LCV = LRV +LEV

        = -66250 + (- 70000)

       = -66250 -70000

       = 136250 (F)

3)overhead controllable variance = Actual factory overhead - Budgeted allowance on standard hours

                                           = [2,350,000 + 2,200,000 ] - [2,400,000+ 2,160,000]

                                           = 4,550,000 - 4,560,000

                                           = - 10,000 (F)

volume variance =(Actual unit -Budgeted units)*Budgeted overhead cost per unit

                       = (54000 - 60,000 ) * 280

                      = - 6000 * 280

                       = 1,680,000 (U)