Question

Factory Overhead Cost Variances

Blumen Textiles Corporation began April with a budget for 45,000 hours of production in the Weaving Department. The department has a full capacity of 60,000 hours under normal business conditions. The budgeted overhead at the planned volumes at the beginning of April was as follows:

Variable overhead	$166,500
Fixed overhead	114,000
Total	$280,500

The actual factory overhead was $283,900 for April. The actual fixed factory overhead was as budgeted. During April, the Weaving Department had standard hours at actual production volume of 47,000 hours. Determine the variable factory overhead controllable variance and the fixed factory overhead volume variance. Enter a favorable variance as a negative number using a minus sign and an unfavorable variance as a positive number. Round your interim computations to the nearest cent, if required.

a. Variable factory overhead controllable variance: $ _________Favorable

b. Fixed factory overhead volume variance: $____________ Unfavorable

Answer 1

ANSWER:

Solution a:

Budgeted rate of variable overhead = $166,500 / 45,000 = $3.70per hour

Standard variable overhead for actual production = 47000*3.70 = $173,900

Actual variable overhead = $166,500

Variable factory overhead controllable variance = Standard variable overhead - Actual variable overhead

Variable factory overhead controllable variance = $173,900 - ($283,900 - $114,000)

Variable factory overhead controllable variance = $4,000 F

Solution b:

Predetermined fixed overhead rate = $114,000 / 60,000 = $1.90 per hour

Fixed overhead applied = SH * SR = 47000*$1.90 = $89,300

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

Fixed overhead volume variance = $89,300 - $114,000

Fixed overhead volume variance = $24,700 U