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Exercise 22-4 (part level submission) Variable Costs Fixed Costs (a) THOME COMPA

ID: 2492014 • Letter: E

Question

Exercise 22-4 (part level submission)

Variable Costs

Fixed Costs

(a)

THOME COMPANY
Manufacturing Overhead Flexible Budget Report
For the Month Ended July 31, 2014

Difference

Budget

Actual Costs

Favorable (F)
Unfavorable (U)

Neither Favorable
nor Unfavorable (N)

Exercise 22-4 (part level submission)

Thome Company uses a flexible budget for manufacturing overhead based on direct labor hours. Variable manufacturing overhead costs per direct labor hour are as follows.
Indirect labor $1.20 Indirect materials 0.90 Utilities 0.40
Fixed overhead costs per month are supervision $4,166, depreciation $1,913, and property taxes $527. The company believes it will normally operate in a range of 7,800–11,400 direct labor hours per month.

Assume that in July 2014, Thome Company incurs the following manufacturing overhead costs.

Variable Costs

Fixed Costs

Indirect labor $11,959 Supervision $4,166 Indirect materials 9,001 Depreciation 1,913 Utilities 3,665 Property taxes 527

Explanation / Answer

Actual direct labour hours = 10200 Statement showing variance report from Budget Budgeted Rate for Actual hrs Actual Amount Variance Remarks Actual Hrs Bud Rate Amount Variable Overhead Indirect labour          10,200 1.2          12,240          11,959             281 Favaourable Indirect Material          10,200 0.9            9,180            9,001             179 Favaourable Utiliites          10,200 0.4            4,080            3,665             415 Favaourable Variable Overhead Total          25,500          24,625             875 Favaourable Fixed Overhead Supervision            4,166            4,166                -   Depreciation            1,913            1,913                -   Property Tax                527                527                -   Fixed Overhead Total            6,606            6,606                -   Total Overhead          32,106          31,231             875 Favaourable