The following data is given for the Bahia Company: Budgeted production 1,038 units Actual production 958 units Materials: Standard price per pound $1.819 Standard pounds per completed unit 12 Actual pounds purchased and used in production 11,151 Actual price paid for materials $22,860 Labor: Standard hourly labor rate $14.49 per hour Standard hours allowed per completed unit 4.1 Actual labor hours worked 4,933.7 Actual total labor costs $75,239 Overhead: Actual and budgeted fixed overhead $1,182,000 Standard variable overhead rate $24.00 per standard labor hour Actual variable overhead costs $138,144 Overhead is applied on standard labor hours. The variable factory overhead controllable variance is a.$91,098.27 unfavorable b.$91,098.27 favorable c.$43,876.80 unfavorable d.$43,876.80 favorable
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.
The following data is given for the Bahia Company:
Budgeted production | 1,038 units |
Actual production | 958 units |
Materials: | |
Standard price per pound | $1.819 |
Standard pounds per completed unit | 12 |
Actual pounds purchased and used in production | 11,151 |
Actual price paid for materials | $22,860 |
Labor: | |
Standard hourly labor rate | $14.49 per hour |
Standard hours allowed per completed unit | 4.1 |
Actual labor hours worked | 4,933.7 |
Actual total labor costs | $75,239 |
Actual and budgeted fixed overhead | $1,182,000 |
Standard variable overhead rate | $24.00 per standard labor hour |
Actual variable overhead costs | $138,144 |
Overhead is applied on standard labor hours. |
The variable factory overhead controllable variance is
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