Parker Plastic, Inc., manufactures plastic mats to use with rolling office chairs. Its standard cost information for last year follows: Standard Quantity Standard Price (Rate) Standard Unit Cost Direct materials (plastic) 12 sq ft. $ 0.76 per sq. ft. $ 9.12 Direct labor 1.5 hr. $ 11.40 per hr. 17.10 Variable manufacturing overhead (based on direct labor hours) 1.5 hr. $ 1.20 per hr. 1.80 Fixed manufacturing overhead ($972,000 ÷ 1,080,000 units) 0.90 Parker Plastic had the following actual results for the past year: Number of units produced and sold 1,180,000 Number of square feet of plastic used 13,570,000 Cost of plastic purchased and used $ 10,041,800 Number of labor hours worked 939,000 Direct labor cost $ 9,671,700 Variable overhead cost $ 1,220,700 Fixed overhead cost $ 964,000 Required: 1., 2., 3., & 4. Prepare the journal entry to record Parker Plastic's direct materials, direct labor, variable overhead, fixed overhead costs and related variances. Assume the company purchases raw materials as needed and does not maintain any ending inventories. (If no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "No Journal Entry Required" in the first account field.) I am not sure if GJ is correct, please review it. Can you please help with debit and credit and show work. 1. Record entry for direct materials costs and variances. 2. Record entry for direct labor costs and variances. 3. Record the entry for variable overhead costs and variances. 4. Record the entry for fixed overhead costs and variances. Transaction General Journal Debit Credit 1 Cost of Goods Sold Direct Materials Price Variance Direct Materials Quantity Variance Cash or Accounts Payable 2 Cost of Goods Sold Direct Labor Rate Variance Direct Labor Efficiency Variance Cash or Accounts Payable 3 Cost of Goods Sold Variable Overhead Rate Variance Variable Overhead Efficiency Variance Cash or Accounts Payable 4 Cost of Goods Sold Fixed Overhead Spending Variance Fixed Overhead Volume Variance Cash or Accounts Payable
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.
Parker Plastic, Inc., manufactures plastic mats to use with rolling office chairs. Its standard cost information for last year follows:
Standard Quantity | Standard Price (Rate) | Standard Unit Cost | |||||
Direct materials (plastic) | 12 | sq ft. | $ | 0.76 | per sq. ft. | $ | 9.12 |
Direct labor | 1.5 | hr. | $ | 11.40 | per hr. | 17.10 | |
Variable manufacturing |
1.5 | hr. | $ | 1.20 | per hr. | 1.80 | |
Fixed manufacturing overhead ($972,000 ÷ 1,080,000 units) | 0.90 | ||||||
Parker Plastic had the following actual results for the past year:
Number of units produced and sold | 1,180,000 | |
Number of square feet of plastic used | 13,570,000 | |
Cost of plastic purchased and used | $ | 10,041,800 |
Number of labor hours worked | 939,000 | |
Direct labor cost | $ | 9,671,700 |
Variable overhead cost | $ | 1,220,700 |
Fixed overhead cost | $ | 964,000 |
Required:
1., 2., 3., & 4. Prepare the
I am not sure if GJ is correct, please review it. Can you please help with debit and credit and show work.
1. Record entry for direct materials costs and variances.
2. Record entry for direct labor costs and variances.
3. Record the entry for variable overhead costs and variances.
4. Record the entry for fixed overhead costs and variances.
Transaction | General Journal | Debit | Credit |
1 | Cost of Goods Sold | ||
Direct Materials Price Variance | |||
Direct Materials Quantity Variance | |||
Cash or Accounts Payable | |||
2 | Cost of Goods Sold | ||
Direct Labor Rate Variance | |||
Direct Labor Efficiency Variance | |||
Cash or Accounts Payable | |||
3 | Cost of Goods Sold | ||
Variable Overhead Rate Variance | |||
Variable Overhead Efficiency Variance | |||
Cash or Accounts Payable | |||
4 | Cost of Goods Sold | ||
Fixed Overhead Spending Variance | |||
Fixed Overhead Volume Variance | |||
Cash or Accounts Payable |
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