Question

6) Activex Corporation produces a special line of hockey sticks in batches. To manufacture a batch of sticks Activex Corp. must setup the machines. Setup costs are batch-level costs because they are associated with batches rather than individual units of products. A separate Setup Department is responsible for setting up machines for different type of sticks.

Setup overhead costs consist of some costs that are variable and some costs that are fixed with respect to the number of setup hours. The following information pertains to October 2020:

	Actual Amounts	Static-budget Amounts
Units produced and sold	15,000	11,250
Batch size (number of units per batch)	250	225
Setup hours per batch	5	5.25
Variable overhead cost per setup hour	$45	$40
Total fixed setup overhead costs	$14,400	$14,000

Calculate the rate and efficiency variances for variable setup overhead costs. (4)

Answer 1

Actual Variable Overhead= (Unit Produced/batch Size)*Setup hour per batch*Variable Overhead Cost per Setup hour

=(15000/250)*5*45

=$13500

Standard Variable Overhead= (Unit Produced/batch Size)*Setup hour per batch*Variable Overhead Cost per Setup hour

=(11250/225)*5.25*40

=$10500

Actual Hours=(Unit Produced/batch Size)*Setup hour per batch

=(15000/250)*5

=300 hours

Standard Hours=Unit Produced/batch Size)*Setup hour per batch

=(11250/225)*5.25

=262.5 hours

Variable Overhead Rate Variance=(Standard Rate/Hour- Actual Rate/Hour)* Actual Hour

=(45-40)*300

=$1500

Variable Overhead Efficiency Variance=(Standard Hour- Actual Hour)*Standard rate/hour

=(262.5-300)*45

= -1687.5