Newark Plastics Corporation developed its overhead application rate from the annual budget. The budget is based on an expected total output of 648,000 units requiring 3,240,000 machine hours. The company is able to schedule production uniformly throughout the year. Machine hours is the cost driver for overhead costs. A total of 59,000 units requiring 275,400 machine hours were produced during May. Actual overhead costs for May amounted to $823,800. The actual costs, as compared to the annual budget and to one-twelfth of the annual budget, are as follows: Variable overhead: Indirect material Indirect labor Fixed overhead: Supervision Utilities Depreciation Total NEWARK PLASTICS CORPORATION Annual Budget Total Amount $2,397,600 1,749,600 1,555,200 1,490,400 2,332,800 $9,525,600 Per Unit d. Variable-overhead efficiency variance. e. Fixed-overhead volume variance. $ 3.70 2.70 2.40 2.30 3.60 $14.70 Per Machine Hour $0.74 0.54 0.48 0.46 0.72 $2.94 Required: 1. Prepare a schedule showing the following amounts for Newark Plastics for May. a. Applied overhead costs. b. Variable-overhead spending variance. c. Fixed-overhead budget variance. Monthly Budget $199,800 145,800 129,600 124,200 194,400 $793,800 Actual Costs for May $217,800 145,800 123,600 142,200 194,400 $823,800
Variance Analysis
In layman's terms, variance analysis is an analysis of a difference between planned and actual behavior. Variance analysis is mainly used by the companies to maintain a control over a business. After analyzing differences, companies find the reasons for the variance so that the necessary steps should be taken to correct that variance.
Standard Costing
The standard cost system is the expected cost per unit product manufactured and it helps in estimating the deviations and controlling them as well as fixing the selling price of the product. For example, it helps to plan the cost for the coming year on the various expenses.
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