Scrumptious Snacks Inc. manufactures three types of snack foods: tortilla chips, potato chips, and pretzels. The company has budgeted the following costs for the upcoming period: Factory depreciation $15,108 Indirect labor 37,442 Factory electricity Indirect materials Selling expenses Administrative expenses Tortilla chips Potato chips 11,824 Total costs $98,532 Factory overhead is allocated to the three products on the basis of processing hours. The products had the following production budget and processing hours per case: Pretzels Tortilla chips Potato chips 4,270 Pretzels 8,868 Total Total 21,020 Budgeted Volume (Cases) Processing Hours Per Case 2,100 2,400 If required, round all per-case answers to the nearest cent. a. Determine the single plantwide factory overhead rate. $fill in the blank 1 per processing hour 5,700 10,200 b. Use the overhead rate in (a) to determine the amount of total and per-case overhead allocated to each of the three products under generally accepted accounting principles. Total Per-Case Factory Overhead Factory Overhead 0.15 0.12 0.10
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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