Chapter 1, Problem 7DQ

Lee Corporation had a Work-in-Process balance of $95,000 on January 1, 2023. The year-end balance of Work-in-Process was $110,000, and the Cost of Goods Manufactured was $680,000. Use this information to determine the total manufacturing costs incurred during the fiscal year 2023.

Novus Advisory Group expects its consultants to work 40,000 direct labor hours per year. The company's estimated total indirect costs are $360,000. The direct labor rate is $95 per hour. The company uses direct labor hours as the allocation base for indirect costs. If Novus performs a job requiring 30 hours of direct labor, what is the total job cost?

TONY Corporation makes a product whose direct labor standard are 1.3 hours per unit and $14 per hour. In April, the company produced 5,400 units using 7,440 direct labor hours. The actual direct labor cost was $97,550. The labor rate variance for April is _.