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ISBN: 9781305087408

Author: Edward J. Vanderbeck, Maria R. Mitchell

Publisher: Cengage Learning

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Chapter 8, Problem 14P

Materials, labor, and overhead variances–two-variance method

Fargo Co. manufactures products in batches of 100 units per batch. The company uses a standard cost system and prepares budgets that call for 500 of these batches per period. Budgeted fixed overhead is $60,000 per period. The standard costs per batch follow:

Chapter 8, Problem 14P, Fargo Co. manufactures products in batches of 100 units per batch. The company uses a standard cost , example 1

During the period, 503 batches were manufactured, and the following costs were incurred:

Chapter 8, Problem 14P, Fargo Co. manufactures products in batches of 100 units per batch. The company uses a standard cost , example 2

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Calculate the variances for materials, labor, and overhead. For overhead, use the two-variance method. (Hint: Please use the information given about the budgeted fixed overhead to compute the variable overhead rate.)

Definition Definition System of assigning an estimated cost to the product (instead of the actual cost) so that the product cost can be determined well in advance and the pricing of the product can be done on time. Since the actual cost cannot be predicted at the initial stage of the production process, the estimated cost is recorded in the books. Any deviation of the estimated cost of the actual cost is adjusted in the books at the end of the period.

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