Question

Haliburton Mills Inc. is a large producer of men’s and women’s clothing. The company uses standard costs for all of its products. The standard costs and actual costs for a recent period are given below for one of the company’s product lines (per unit of product):

Standard
Cost

Actual
Cost

  Direct materials:

     Standard: 2.0 metres at $4.20 per metre

$

8.40

     Actual: 2.2 metres at $3.95 per metre

$

8.69

  Direct labour:

    Standard: 2.2 hours at $3.00 per hour

6.60

    Actual: 1.8 hours at $3.35 per hour

6.03

  Variable manufacturing overhead:

    Standard: 2.2 hours at $1.50 per hour

3.30

    Actual: 1.8 hours at $1.85 per hour

3.33

  Fixed manufacturing overhead:

    Standard: 2.2 hours at $3.60 per hour

7.92

    Actual: 1.8 hours at $3.65 per hour

6.57

  Total cost per unit

$

26.22

$

24.62

Actual costs: 9,500 units at $24.62	$	233,890
Standard costs: 9,500 units at $26.22		249,090
Difference in cost—favourable	$	15,200
During this period, the company produced 9,500 units of product. A comparison of standard and actual costs for the period on a total cost basis is also given above.      There was no inventory of materials on hand to start the period. During the period, 20,900 metres of materials was purchased and used in production. The denominator level of activity for the period was 17,540 hours. Required 1- Compute the Variable Overhead Spending variance and efficeny variance ? 2- Compute the Fixed Overhead Budget variance and volume variance ?

Answer 1

Solution 1:

Standard hours for actual production = 9500*2.2 = 20900 hours

Actual hours = 9500*1.80 = 17100 hours

Standard rate of variable overhead = $1.50 per hour

Actual rate of variable overhead = $1.85 per hour

Variable overhead spending variance = (SR - AR) * AH = ($1.50 - $1.85) * 17100 = $5,985 U

Variable overhead efficiency variance = (SH - AH) * SR = (20900 - 17100) * $1.50 = $5,700 F

Solution 2:

Budgeted fixed overhead = 17540 * $3.60 = $63,144

Actual fixed overhead = 9500*1.8 * $3.65 = $62,415

Fixed overhead applied = Standard hours * SR = (9500*2.2) * $3.60 = $75,240

Fixed overhead budget variance = Budgeted fixed overhead - Actual fixed overhead = $63,144 - $62,415

= $729 F

Fixed overhead volume variance = Fixed overhead applied - Budgeted fixed overhead

= $75,240 - $63,144 = $12,096 F