Exam 10: Standard Costs and Variances

Lisser Corporation uses a standard cost system in which inventories are recorded at their standard costs and any variances are closed directly to Cost of Goods Sold. The standards for direct materials for the company's only product specify 2.7 liters per unit at $7.50 per liter or $20.25 per unit. During the year, the company purchased 67,300 liters of raw material at a price of $8.00 per liter and used 61,660 liters of the raw material to produce 22,800 units of work in process.Assume that all transactions are recorded on a worksheet as shown in the text. On the left-hand side of the equals sign in the worksheet are columns for Cash, Raw Materials, Work in Process, Finished Goods, and Property, Plant, and Equipment (net). All of the variance columns are on the right-hand-side of the equals sign along with the column for Retained Earnings.When recording the raw materials used in production, the Raw Materials inventory account will increase (decrease) by:

Gathman Corporation manufactures one product. It does not maintain any beginning or ending Work in Process inventories. The company uses a standard cost system in which inventories are recorded at their standard costs and any variances are closed directly to Cost of Goods Sold. There is no variable manufacturing overhead. The company's balance sheet at the beginning of the year was as follows: The standard cost card for the company's only product is as follows: The standard fixed manufacturing overhead rate was based on budgeted fixed manufacturing overhead of $117,000 and budgeted activity of 18,000 hours.During the year, the company completed the following transactions:Purchased 36,300 pounds of raw material at a price of $4.70 per pound.Used 32,100 pounds of the raw material to produce 12,800 units of work in process.Assigned direct labor costs to work in process. The direct labor workers (who were paid in cash) worked 12,520 hours at an average cost of $21.00 per hour.Applied fixed overhead to the 12,800 units in work in process inventory using the predetermined overhead rate multiplied by the number of direct labor-hours allowed. Actual fixed overhead costs for the year were $132,700. Of this total, $27,700 related to items such as insurance, utilities, and indirect labor salaries that were all paid in cash and $105,000 related to depreciation of manufacturing equipment.Transferred 12,800 units from work in process to finished goods.Sold for cash 12,600 units to customers at a price of $52.10 per unit.Completed and transferred the standard cost associated with the 12,600 units sold from finished goods to cost of goods sold.Paid $73,000 of selling and administrative expenses.Closed all standard cost variances to cost of goods sold.Required:1. Compute all direct materials, direct labor, and fixed overhead variances for the year.2. Enter the beginning balances and record the above transactions in the worksheet that appears below. Because of the width of the worksheet, it is in two parts. In your text, these two parts would be joined side-by-side to make one very wide worksheet. 3. Determine the ending balance (e.g., 12/31 balance) in each account.4. Prepare an income statement for the year.

When Raw Materials, Work in Process, and Finished Goods are recorded and carried at their standard cost, the actual prices paid for inputs and the actual quantities of inputs that are used in production affect the costs recorded in the inventory accounts.

Piper Corporation's standards call for 8,000 direct labor-hours to produce2,000 units of product. During October the company worked 1,650 direct labor-hours and produced 1,650 units. The standard hours allowed for October would be:

Hargett Incorporated makes a single product--an electrical motor used in many long-haul trucks. The company has a standard cost system in which it applies overhead to this product based on the standard machine-hours allowed for the actual output of the period. Data concerning the most recent year appear below: Required: a.Determine the variable overhead rate variance for the year. b. Determine the variable overhead efficiency variance for the year. c. Determine the fixed overhead budget variance for the year. d. Determine the fixed overhead volume variance for the year. e. Determine whether overhead was underapplied or overapplied for the year and by how much.

Wolery Incorporated has provided the following data concerning one of the products in its standard cost system. The company has reported the following actual results for the product for April: The labor rate variance for the month is closest to:

The following materials standards have been established for a particular product: The following data pertain to operations concerning the product for the last month: What is the materials price variance for the month?

Dirickson Incorporated has provided the following data concerning one of the products in its standard cost system. Variable manufacturing overhead is applied to products on the basis of direct labor-hours. The company has reported the following actual results for the product for July: The variable overhead efficiency variance for the month is closest to:

Grub Chemical Corporation has developed cost standards for the production of its new chocolate, ChocO. The variable cost standards below relate to each 10 gallon batch of ChocO: Variable manufacturing overhead at Grub is applied based on direct labor-hours. The actual results for last month were as follows: What is ChocO's labor rate variance?

Brummer Corporation makes a product whose variable overhead standards are based on direct labor-hours. The quantity standard is 0.20 hours per unit. The variable overhead rate standard is $8.90 per hour. In January the company produced 4,900 units using 1,010 direct labor-hours. The actual variable overhead rate was $8.80 per hour.The variable overhead efficiency variance for January is:

Miguez Corporation makes a product with the following standard costs: The company budgeted for production of 2,600 units in September, but actual production was 2,500 units. The company used 5,440 liters of direct material and 1,680 direct labor-hours to produce this output. The company purchased 5,800 liters of the direct material at $7.20 per liter. The actual direct labor rate was $24.10 per hour and the actual variable overhead rate was $1.90 per hour.The company applies variable overhead on the basis of direct labor-hours. The direct materials purchases variance is computed when the materials are purchased.The variable overhead efficiency variance for September is:

Tharaldson Corporation makes a product with the following standard costs: The company reported the following results concerning this product in June. The company applies variable overhead on the basis of direct labor-hours. The direct materials purchases variance is computed when the materials are purchased.The materials price variance for June is:

An unfavorable materials quantity variance occurs when the actual quantity used in production is less than the standard quantity allowed for the actual output of the period.

Miguez Corporation makes a product with the following standard costs: The company budgeted for production of 2,600 units in September, but actual production was 2,500 units. The company used 5,440 liters of direct material and 1,680 direct labor-hours to produce this output. The company purchased 5,800 liters of the direct material at $7.20 per liter. The actual direct labor rate was $24.10 per hour and the actual variable overhead rate was $1.90 per hour.The company applies variable overhead on the basis of direct labor-hours. The direct materials purchases variance is computed when the materials are purchased.The materials price variance for September is:

Milar Corporation makes a product with the following standard costs: In January the company produced 2,000 units using 16,060 pounds of the direct material and 210 direct labor-hours. During the month, the company purchased 16,900 pounds of the direct material at a cost of $65,910. The actual direct labor cost was $4,473 and the actual variable overhead cost was $756.The company applies variable overhead on the basis of direct labor-hours. The direct materials purchases variance is computed when the materials are purchased.The materials price variance for January is:

Tharaldson Corporation makes a product with the following standard costs: The company reported the following results concerning this product in June. The company applies variable overhead on the basis of direct labor-hours. The direct materials purchases variance is computed when the materials are purchased.The variable overhead efficiency variance for June is:

Majer Corporation makes a product with the following standard costs: The company reported the following results concerning this product in February. The company applies variable overhead on the basis of direct labor-hours. The direct materials purchases variance is computed when the materials are purchased.The variable overhead efficiency variance for February is:

Grafton Corporation manufactures one product. It does not maintain any beginning or ending inventories. The company uses a standard cost system in which inventories are recorded at their standard costs and any variances are closed directly to Cost of Goods Sold. Its standard cost per unit produced is $38.85. During the year, the company produced and sold 28,200 units at a price of $50.10 per unit and its selling and administrative expenses totaled $120,000. The company does not have any variable manufacturing overhead costs. It recorded the following variances during the year: Required:Prepare an income statement for the year.

Handerson Corporation makes a product with the following standard costs: The company reported the following results concerning this product in August. The company applies variable overhead on the basis of direct labor-hours. The direct materials purchases variance is computed when the materials are purchased.The labor efficiency variance for August is:

Juhasz Corporation makes a product with the following standards for direct labor and variable overhead: In August the company produced 7,900 units using 4,080 direct labor-hours. The actual variable overhead cost was $15,096. The company applies variable overhead on the basis of direct labor-hours.The variable overhead rate variance for August is: