Principles of Cost Accounting
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Author: Edward J. Vanderbeck, Maria R. Mitchell
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Chapter 8, Problem 1P
Materials and labor variances
Branca Inspections Inc. specializes in determining whether a building or house’s drainpipes are properly tied into the city’s sewer system. The company pours colored chemical through the pipes and collects an inspection sample from each outlet, which is then analyzed. Each job should take 15 hours for each of four inspectors, at a standard rate of $18 per hour. Each job requires a standard quantity of 5 gallons of Glow (a colored chemical), which should cost $25 per gallon. Data from the company’s most recent job (a building) follow:
Required:
Compute the following variances, using the formulas on pages 421–422 and 424:
- 1. Materials price and quantity variances.
- 2. Labor rate and efficiency variances.
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Principles of Cost Accounting
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Ch. 8 - Prob. 11QCh. 8 - Prob. 12QCh. 8 - When a company uses a standard cost system, are...Ch. 8 - What two factors must be considered when breaking...Ch. 8 - What might cause the following materials...Ch. 8 - What might cause the following labor variances?
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