The Lambda Company uses a job costing system to accumulate its production costs. An annual...
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The Lambda Company uses a job costing system to accumulate its production costs. An annual predetermined overhead rate based on direct labor-hours is used to apply overhead to individual jobs. An estimate of overhead costs at different volumes is presented below.
Direct Labor Hours
100,000
120,000
140,000
Variable Overhead Costs
$325,000
$390,000
$455,000
Fixed Overhead Costs
216,000
216,000
216,000
Total Overhead
$541,000
$606,000
$671,000
The expected volume is 120,000 direct labor-hours for the entire year which will be used to apply overhead. The following data is for November. Jobs 50 and 51 were completed during November.
Inventories, November 1:
Direct Materials and supplies
$10,500
Work in Process (job 50)
54,000
Finished Goods (job 49)
112,000
Purchases:
Direct materials
$135,000
Factory supplies
15,000
Requisitioned for production
Direct Materials, Job 50
$45,000
Direct Materials, Job 51
37,500
Direct Materials, Job 52
25,500
Supplies (overhead)
12,000
Factory direct labor-hours:
Job 50
3,500 hours
Job 51
3,000 hours
Job 52
2,000 hours
Other information:
1) Actual manufacturing labor costs:
Direct labor wages (8,500 hours)
$6.00 per hour
Indirect labor wages
$15,000
Supervisory salaries
$6,000
2) Actual building occupancy costs:
Manufacturing facilities
$6,500
Sales and administrative
$2,500
3) Actual manufacturing equipment costs:
Power
$4,000
Repair and maintenance
$1,500
Other
$2,500
Requirements:
Create a report that compares the actual overhead with the applied overhead. Indicate whether the overhead is over or under applied. Calculate the Fixed Overhead Volume Variance for November.
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