3. The practical capacity for a year is defined as 20,000 units requiring 25,000 direct labor hours. The total budgeted overhead cost is $170,000, of which the budgeted variable overhead cost is $95,000. The standard direct labor cost is $3 per direct labor hour. The labor efficiency variance is $2,625 favorable. The actual units produced are 18,500 units. The actual fixed overhead cost was $74,000. The actual variable overhead cost was $100,000. Required: (1) Compute the variable overhead spending and efficiency variances. (2) Compute the fixed overhead spending and volume variances. (3) Prepare all the relevant journal entries (including the closing entry).
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![3. The practical capacity for a year is defined as 20,000 units requiring 25,000 direct labor hours.
The total budgeted overhead cost is $170,000, of which the budgeted variable overhead cost is
$95,000. The standard direct labor cost is $3 per direct labor hour. The labor efficiency
variance is $2,625 favorable. The actual units produced are 18,500 units. The actual fixed
overhead cost was $74,000. The actual variable overhead cost was $100,000.
Required:
(1) Compute the variable overhead spending and efficiency variances.
(2) Compute the fixed overhead spending and volume variances.
(3) Prepare all the relevant journal entries (including the closing entry).](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F72825ab2-4ab6-4f85-b223-04864e4f0a53%2F5a200171-ca39-47e8-a5a7-97a4afe46df6%2Fq0e893g_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
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