Standards
Lamp Kits $16.000000 per lamp
Direct Labor 2.400000 per lamp (4 lamps/hr.)
Variable Overhead 0.250000 per lamp (4 lamps/hr.)
** Fixed Overhead 10.000000 per lamp
Total $28.650000
** Fixed overhead is based on expected production of 4,009
customized lamps each month.
To keep records of the actual cost of a job, a Job Order Cost
System has been developed. Entries
are made to the Job Order System at actual cost (overhead is
applied based on actual labor hours)
while entries are made to the accounting system at standard.
Variance analysis is used to analyze the
differences.
Job Order Costing Section
On January 1, 20x2, Division S began Job 1101 for the Client, THE
BIG CHILDREN STORE. The
job called for 4,000 customized lamps. The following set of
transactions occurred from
January 5 until the job was completed:
5-Jan Purchased 4,150 Lamp Kits @ $16.45 per kit.
9-Jan 4,075 sets of Lamp Kits were requisitioned.
17-Jan Payroll of 570 Direct Labor Hours @ $9.40 per hour.
30-Jan Payroll of 620 Direct Labor Hours @ $9.65 per hour.
30-Jan 3,991 lamps were completed and shipped. All materials
requisitioned were
used or scrapped.
Month End Overhead Information
Actual Variable Overhead $1,261.40
Actual Fixed Overhead $39,623.45
How many Lamps were completed?
Note: Show favorable variances as negative numbers
Round dollars to two places, $##.##
What was the total material price variance for the Lamp Kits
purchased? {15.01}
What was the material usage variance for Lamp Kits? {15.02}
What was the direct labor efficiency variance ? {15.03}
What was the direct labor rate variance? {15.04}
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