Solved

You Have Just Been Hired as the Controller of the Eastern

Question 205

Essay

You have just been hired as the controller of the Eastern Division of Global Manufacturing.Performance records for last year are incomplete,with only the following data available:

 Variable Overhead Rate $3,00 per direct labour hour  Budgeted Fixed Overhead $84,800 Total Actual Overhead Cost $262,500 Fixed Overhead Budget Variance $7,200 unfavourable  Variable Overhead Efficiency Variance $15,000 unfavourable  Actual Direct Labour Hours Worked 55,000 direct labour hours  Denominator Activity Level 53,000 direct labour hours  Standard Hours per Unit 2 direct labour hours \begin{array}{lr}\text { Variable Overhead Rate } & \$ 3,00 \text { per direct labour hour } \\\text { Budgeted Fixed Overhead } & \$ 84,800 \\\text { Total Actual Overhead Cost } & \$ 262,500 \\\text { Fixed Overhead Budget Variance } & \$ 7,200 \text { unfavourable } \\\text { Variable Overhead Efficiency Variance } & \$ 15,000 \text { unfavourable } \\\text { Actual Direct Labour Hours Worked } & 55,000 \text { direct labour hours } \\\text { Denominator Activity Level } & 53,000 \text { direct labour hours } \\\text { Standard Hours per Unit } & 2 \text { direct labour hours }\end{array}

Required:

Answer each of the questions below and provide a summary of the overhead variances to explain the total over-applied or under-applied overhead. It may be helpful to prepare the variance analysis diagrams for both the variable and fixed overhead variances. Budgeted fixed overhead rate, actual fixed overhead, actual variable overhead, variable overhead spending variance, variable overhead applied, standard hours allowed, actual units produced, fixed overhead applied, fixed overhead volume variance, and the amount of over or under-applied overhead.

Correct Answer:

verifed

Verified

Budgeted fixed overhead rate = Fixed ove...

View Answer

Unlock this answer now
Get Access to more Verified Answers free of charge

Related Questions

Unlock this Answer For Free Now!

View this answer and more for free by performing one of the following actions

qr-code

Scan the QR code to install the App and get 2 free unlocks

upload documents

Unlock quizzes for free by uploading documents