World Company expects to operate at 80% of its productive capacity of 56,250 units per month. At this planned level, the company expects to use 27,900 standard hours of direct labor. Overhead is allocated to products using a predetermined standard rate of 0.620 direct labor hour per unit. At the 80% capacity level, the total budgeted cost includes $69,750 fixed overhead cost and $320,850 variable overhead cost. In the current month, the company incurred $361,000 actual overhead and 24,900 actual labor hours while producing 40,000 units.   (1) Compute the overhead volume variance. Classify each as favorable or unfavorable. (2) Compute the overhead controllable variance. Classify each as favorable or unfavorable.

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World Company expects to operate at 80% of its productive capacity of 56,250 units per month. At this planned level, the company expects to use 27,900 standard hours of direct labor. Overhead is allocated to products using a predetermined standard rate of 0.620 direct labor hour per unit. At the 80% capacity level, the total budgeted cost includes $69,750 fixed overhead cost and $320,850 variable overhead cost. In the current month, the company incurred $361,000 actual overhead and 24,900 actual labor hours while producing 40,000 units.
 
(1) Compute the overhead volume variance. Classify each as favorable or unfavorable.
(2) Compute the overhead controllable variance. Classify each as favorable or unfavorable.

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Required 2
Compute the overhead controllable variance. Classify each as favorable or unfavorable. (Indicate the effect of each variance
by selecting for favorable, unfavorable, and no variance.)
Total actual overhead
S 361,000
Flexible budget overhead
270,940 8
64,170 8
Variable
Fixed
Total
335,110
Overhead controllable variance
Unfavorable
Transcribed Image Text:Required 1 Required 2 Compute the overhead controllable variance. Classify each as favorable or unfavorable. (Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting for favorable, unfavorable, and no variance.) Total actual overhead S 361,000 Flexible budget overhead 270,940 8 64,170 8 Variable Fixed Total 335,110 Overhead controllable variance Unfavorable
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Required 2
Compute the overhead volume variance. Classify as favorable or unfavorable. (Indicate the effect of each variance by
selecting for favorable, unfavorable, and no variance. Round "OH costs per DL hour" to 2 decimal places.)
Fixed Overhead Applied
Fixed OH per DL hr.
2.50
Standard DL hours
24,800
Fixed overhead applied
54,188
Volume Variance
Total fixed overhead applied
Total budgeted fixed OH
54,188 8
64,170 8
9,982 8 Unfavorable
Volume variance
Transcribed Image Text:Required 1 Required 2 Compute the overhead volume variance. Classify as favorable or unfavorable. (Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting for favorable, unfavorable, and no variance. Round "OH costs per DL hour" to 2 decimal places.) Fixed Overhead Applied Fixed OH per DL hr. 2.50 Standard DL hours 24,800 Fixed overhead applied 54,188 Volume Variance Total fixed overhead applied Total budgeted fixed OH 54,188 8 64,170 8 9,982 8 Unfavorable Volume variance
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