a.
Prepare the
a.
Explanation of Solution
Prepare the journal entries that the company would make to record and close out the variances as follows:
Date | Account Titles and Explanations | Post. Ref. | Debit ($) | Credit ($) |
Actual Variable | 132,000 | |||
Accounts Payable | 132,000 | |||
(To record the purchase of variable overhead resources) | ||||
Work-in-Process Inventory | 126,000 | |||
Applied Variable Overhead | 126,000 | |||
(To record the variable overhead at standard rates to production) | ||||
Applied Variable Overhead | 126,000 | |||
Variable Overhead Spending Variance | 10,000 | |||
Variable Overhead Efficiency Variance | 4,000 | |||
Actual Variable Overhead | 132,000 | |||
(To record the variable overhead variances) | ||||
Applied Fixed Overhead | 200,000 | |||
Fixed Overhead Price Variance | 10,000 | |||
Fixed Overhead Production Volume variance | 10,000 | |||
Actual Fixed Overhead | 180,000 | |||
(To close the variable overhead variances) | ||||
Variable Overhead Efficiency Variance | 4,000 | |||
Fixed Overhead Price Variance | 10,000 | |||
Fixed Overhead Production volume variance | 10,000 | |||
Variable Overhead Spending Variance | 10,000 | |||
Cost of Goods Sold | 14,000 | |||
(To close overhead cost variances to Cost of Goods Sold) |
Table (1)
Working notes (1): Variable costs:
Actual Costs |
Spending Variance |
Actual Inputs at Standard Price |
Efficiency Variance |
Flexible Budget (Standard Inputs Allowed for Good Output) | |||
$132,000 |
$122,000 ($126,000 – $4,000) |
$126,000 | |||||
$10,000 U ( $132,000 – $122,000) | $4,000 F | ||||||
Figure (1)
Working notes (1): Fixed costs:
Actual Costs |
Price Variance | Budget |
Production Volume Variance | Applied | |||
$180,000 | $190,000 |
$200,000 | |||||
$10,000 F ($180,000 – $190,000) |
$10,000 F ($190,000 – $200,000) | ||||||
Figure (2)
b.
Prepare the journal entries that the company would make to record and close out the variances.
b.
Explanation of Solution
Prepare the journal entries that the company would make to record and close out the variances as follows:
Date | Account Titles and Explanations | Post. Ref. | Debit ($) | Credit ($) |
Actual Variable Overhead | 132,000 | |||
Accounts Payable | 132,000 | |||
(To record the purchase of variable overhead resources) | ||||
Work-in-Process Inventory | 126,000 | |||
Applied Variable Overhead | 126,000 | |||
(To record the variable overhead at standard rates to production) | ||||
Applied Variable Overhead | 126,000 | |||
Variable Overhead Spending Variance | 10,000 | |||
Variable Overhead Efficiency Variance | 4,000 | |||
Actual Variable Overhead | 132,000 | |||
(To record the variable overhead variances) | ||||
Applied Fixed Overhead | 200,000 | |||
Fixed Overhead Price Variance | 10,000 | |||
Fixed Overhead Production Volume variance | 10,000 | |||
Actual Fixed Overhead | 180,000 | |||
(To close the variable overhead variances) | ||||
Variable Overhead Efficiency Variance | 4,000 | |||
Fixed Overhead Price Variance | 10,000 | |||
Fixed Overhead Production volume variance | 10,000 | |||
Variable Overhead Spending Variance | 10,000 | |||
Finished Goods Inventory | 700 | |||
Cost of Goods Sold | 13,300 | |||
(To close overhead cost variances to Cost of Goods Sold) |
Table (2)
Note: Finished Goods Inventory is 5 percent of production.
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