
Accounting 26th Edition by Carl Warren ,Jim Reeve ,Jonathan Duchac
Edition 26ISBN: 978-1337498159
Accounting 26th Edition by Carl Warren ,Jim Reeve ,Jonathan Duchac
Edition 26ISBN: 978-1337498159 Exercise 58
Factory overhead cost variance report
Tiger Equipment Inc., a manufacturer of construction equipment, prepared the following factory overhead cost budget for the Welding Department for May of the current year. The company expected to operate the department at 100% of normal capacity of 8,400 hours.
During May, the department operated at 8,860 standard hours, and the factory overhead costs incurred were indirect factory wages, $32,400; power and light, $21,000; indirect materials, $18,250; supervisory salaries, $20,000; depreciation of plant and equipment, $36,200; and insurance and property taxes, $15,200.
Instructions
Prepare a factory overhead cost variance report for May. To be useful for cost control, the budgeted amounts should be based on 8,860 hours.
Tiger Equipment Inc., a manufacturer of construction equipment, prepared the following factory overhead cost budget for the Welding Department for May of the current year. The company expected to operate the department at 100% of normal capacity of 8,400 hours.

During May, the department operated at 8,860 standard hours, and the factory overhead costs incurred were indirect factory wages, $32,400; power and light, $21,000; indirect materials, $18,250; supervisory salaries, $20,000; depreciation of plant and equipment, $36,200; and insurance and property taxes, $15,200.
Instructions
Prepare a factory overhead cost variance report for May. To be useful for cost control, the budgeted amounts should be based on 8,860 hours.
Explanation
Prepare factory overhead cost variance r...
Accounting 26th Edition by Carl Warren ,Jim Reeve ,Jonathan Duchac
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