Patel and Sons Inc. uses a standard cost system to apply factory overhead costs to units produced. Practical capacity for the plant is defined as 54,600 machine hours per year, which represents 27,300 units of output. Annual budgeted fixed factory overhead costs are $273,000 and the budgeted variable factory overhead cost rate is $3.50 per unit. Factory overhead costs are applied on the basis of standard machine hours allowed for units produced. Budgeted and actual output for the year was 21,000 units, which took 43,600 machine hours. Actual fixed factory overhead costs for the year amounted to $262,600 while the actual variable overhead cost per unit was $3.40. Brief Exercise 15-22 [LO 15-3] Based on the information provided above, prepare the appropriate journal entries to record: (a) actual factory overhead costs for the year, (b) the applied factory overhead costs for the year (both variable and fixed), and (c) the total flexible-budget variance and the production volume variance for the period. Assume that the company uses a single account, Factory Overhead, to record both actual and applied factory overhead. Also, assume that the only variable overhead cost was electricity and that actual fixed overhead consisted of depreciation of $166,000 and supervisory salaries of $96,600 Finally, assume that both electricity expense and the supervisory salaries expense have been incurred but not yet paid (i.e., both are current liabilities). (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your final answers to nearest whole dollar amount. If no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "No journal entry required" in the first account field.) Record the actual overhead costs. Record the overhead costs applied to production. Record the overhead variances using a two-variance approach.
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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Brief Exercise 15-22 [LO 15-3]
Based on the information provided above, prepare the appropriate journal entries to record: (a) actual factory overhead costs for the year, (b) the applied factory overhead costs for the year (both variable and fixed), and (c) the total flexible-
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Record the actual overhead costs.
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Record the overhead costs applied to production.
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Record the overhead variances using a two-variance approach.
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