Concord Company manufactures tablecloths. Sales have grown rapidly over the past 2 years. As a result, the president has installed a budgetary
control system for 2020. The following data were used in developing the master manufacturing
overhead budget for the Ironing Department, which is based on an activity index of direct labor hours.
Variable costs
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Rate per Direct Labor Hour
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Annual Fixed Costs
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Indirect labor |
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$0.40 |
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Supervision |
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$43,680 |
Indirect materials |
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0.51 |
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Depreciation |
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17,160 |
Factory utilities |
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0.34 |
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Insurance |
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12,480 |
Factory repairs |
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0.24 |
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Rent |
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23,040 |
The
master overhead budget was prepared on the expectation that 484,200 direct labor hours will be worked during the year. In June, 38,600 direct labor hours were worked. At that level of activity, actual costs were as shown below.
Variable—per direct labor hour: indirect labor $0.43, indirect materials $0.50, factory utilities $0.38, and factory repairs $0.29.
Fixed: same as budgeted.
(a) Prepare a monthly manufacturing overhead flexible budget for the year ending December 31, 2020, assuming production levels range from 42,400 to 57,400 direct labor hours. Use increments of 5,000 direct labor hours.
(List variable costs before fixed costs.)
CONCORD COMPANY Monthly Manufacturing Overhead Flexible Budget Ironing Department For the Year 2020
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(b) Prepare a budget report for June comparing actual results with budget data based on the flexible budget. (List variable costs before fixed costs.)
CONCORD COMPANY Ironing Department Manufacturing Overhead Flexible Budget Report For the Month Ended June 30, 2020
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Difference
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Budget
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Actual Costs
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Favorable Unfavorable Neither Favorable nor Unfavorable
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Definition Definition Indirect costs incurred while producing goods or services. Overhead costs cannot be directly attributed to products or services. Overhead includes indirect material cost, indirect labor cost, rent, utilities expenses, and depreciation. Since these costs directly affect the profitability of a company, managing overhead becomes an important task for management.
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