Preble Company manufactures one product. Its variable manufacturing overhead is applied to production based on direct labor-hours and its standard cost card per unit is as follows:Direct materials: 5 pounds at $11 per pound$ 55Direct labor: 3 hours at $12 per hour36Variable overhead: 3 hours at $7 per hour21Total standard cost per unit$ 112The planning budget for March was based on producing and selling 21,000 units. However, during March the company actually produced and sold 26,600 units and incurred the following costs:Purchased 154,000 pounds of raw materials at a cost of $9.50 per pound. All of this material was used in production.Direct laborers worked 63,000 hours at a rate of $13 per hour.Total variable manufacturing overhead for the month was $510,930.required:14. What is the variable overhead rate variance for March?13. What variable manufacturing overhead cost would be included in the company’s flexible budget for March? 12. What variable manufacturing overhead cost would be included in the company’s planning budget for March?

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Preble Company manufactures one product. Its variable manufacturing overhead is applied to production based on direct labor-hours and its standard cost card per unit is as follows:

Direct materials: 5 pounds at $11 per pound	$ 55
Direct labor: 3 hours at $12 per hour	36
Variable overhead: 3 hours at $7 per hour	21
Total standard cost per unit	$ 112

The planning budget for March was based on producing and selling 21,000 units. However, during March the company actually produced and sold 26,600 units and incurred the following costs:

Purchased 154,000 pounds of raw materials at a cost of $9.50 per pound. All of this material was used in production.
Direct laborers worked 63,000 hours at a rate of $13 per hour.
Total variable manufacturing overhead for the month was $510,930.

required:

14. What is the variable overhead rate variance for March?

13. What variable manufacturing overhead cost would be included in the company’s flexible budget for March?

12. What variable manufacturing overhead cost would be included in the company’s planning budget for March?

Definition Definition System of assigning an estimated cost to the product (instead of the actual cost) so that the product cost can be determined well in advance and the pricing of the product can be done on time. Since the actual cost cannot be predicted at the initial stage of the production process, the estimated cost is recorded in the books. Any deviation of the estimated cost of the actual cost is adjusted in the books at the end of the period.

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