Pace Labs. Inc. provides mad cow disease testing for both state and federal governmental, agricultural agencies. Because the company's customers are governmental agencies, prices are strictly regulated. Therefore, Pace Labs must constantly monitor and control its testing costs. Shown below are the standard costs for a typical test. Direct materials (2 test tubes @ $1.46 per tube) $ 2.92 Direct Labor (1 hour @ $24 per hour) 24.00 Variable overhead (1 hour @ $6 per hour) 6.00 Fixed overhead (1 hour @ $10 per hour) 10.00 Total standard cost per test $42.92 The lab does not maintain an inventory of test tubes. Therefore, the tubes purchased each month are used that month. Actual activity for the month of November 2014, when 1,500 tests were conducted, resulted in the following. Direct materials (3,050 test tubes) $ 4,209 Direct Labor (1,600 hours) 36,800 Variable overhead 7,400 Fixed overhead 15,000 Monthly budgeted fixed overhead is $14,000. Revenues for the month were $75,000, and selling and administrative expenses were $5,000 Instructions : Compute the price and quantity variances for direct materials and direct labor
Pace Labs. Inc. provides mad cow disease testing for both state and federal governmental, agricultural agencies. Because the company's customers are governmental agencies, prices are strictly regulated. Therefore, Pace Labs must constantly monitor and control its testing costs. Shown below are the standard costs for a typical test.
Direct materials (2 test tubes @ $1.46 per tube) $ 2.92
Direct Labor (1 hour @ $24 per hour) 24.00
Variable
Fixed overhead (1 hour @ $10 per hour) 10.00
Total
The lab does not maintain an inventory of test tubes. Therefore, the tubes purchased each month are used that month. Actual activity for the month of November 2014, when 1,500 tests were conducted, resulted in the following.
Direct materials (3,050 test tubes) $ 4,209
Direct Labor (1,600 hours) 36,800
Variable overhead 7,400
Fixed overhead 15,000
Monthly budgeted fixed overhead is $14,000. Revenues for the month were $75,000, and selling and administrative expenses were $5,000
Instructions : Compute the price and quantity variances for direct materials and direct labor
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