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Kapahulu Corp uses a standard costing system and manufactures hula doll lamps. Standard costs for its largest selling product, a mid-size table lamp, are:

Item

Standard cost

$ amount

Variable overhead

0.6 hr @ $8.00/hour

$4.80

Fixed overhead

0.9 hr @ $4.00/hour

3.60

Direct materials

2.0 kg@ $3.25/kg

6.50

Direct labour

0.7 hr @ $12.50/hour

8.75

Standard cost per unit

$23.65

During the last fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, Kapahulu reported the following information in connection with the production of this table lamp:

1. Actual VOH incurred: $494,000

2. Actual FOH incurred: $344,000

3. Production: 100,000 units

4. Direct material purchases: 210,000 kg at $3.05/kg

5. Beginning inventory of direct material: 18,000 kg (carried at standard cost).

6. Total direct labour used: 71,000 hours, at a cost of $923,000

No ending inventory

The companys factory can produce 120,000 table lamps a year but a denominator level was set at 90,000 units for the year ended December 31, 2022. Cost driver is direct labour hours.

Requirement 1.

Using either the formula or the columnar method, compute the following variances. Include whether variances are favourable (F) or unfavourable (U)

a) VOH spending and efficiency variances

b) FOH spending variance

c) Direct materials price and efficiency variances

d) Direct labour rate and efficiency variances and production volume variance

KEY FIGURES: VOH efficiency variance $ 88,000 U

PVV $ 36,000 F

DM price variance $ 42,000 F

DL rate variance $ 35,500 U

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