Requirements1. Calculate direct materials cost and efficiency variances.2. Calculate direct labor cost and efficiency variances.3. Prepare journal entries to record the use of both materials and labor for March for the company.

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Grand Fender is a competitor of Pro Fender from Exercise E23-19. Grand Fender also uses a standard cost system and provides the following information:Static budget variable overhead$ 5,630Static budget fixed overhead$ 22,520Static budget direct labor hours563 hoursStatic budget number of units21,000 unitsStandard direct labor hours0.026 hours per fenderGrand Fender allocates manufacturing overhead to production based on standard direct labor hours. Grand Fender reported the following actual results for 2016: actual number of fenders produced, 20,000; actual variable overhead, $5,200; actual fixed overhead, $24,000; actual direct labor hours, 480.Requirements1. Compute the overhead variances for the year: variable overhead cost variance, variable overhead efficiency variance, fixed overhead cost variance, and fixed overhead volume variance.2. Explain why the variances are favorable or unfavorable.□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□ □□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□per job include 10 software packages at a cost of $900 per package. Standard direct labor □□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□during March 2018.Actual direct materials costs for March included 90 software packages at a total cost of $81,450. Actual direct labor costs included 110 hours per job at an average rate of □□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□Requirements1. Calculate direct materials cost and efficiency variances.2. Calculate direct labor cost and efficiency variances.3. Prepare journal entries to record the use of both materials and labor for March for the company.

 

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