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Johannes Corporation uses a budgeted factory overhead rate to apply overhead to production.Direct labor costs are the cost driver for overhead costs.The following data are available for the year ending December 31,2015:
 Budgeted factory overhead costs $675,000 Actual factory overhead costs $1,200,000 Budgeted direct labor costs $250,000 Actual direct labor costs $482,000 Cost of goods sold $150,000 Direct materials inventory, December 31,2015$120,000 Work-in-process inventory, December 31,2015$100,000 Finished goods inventory, December 31,2015$250,000\begin{array}{ll}\text { Budgeted factory overhead costs }&\$675,000\\\text { Actual factory overhead costs }&\$1,200,000\\\text { Budgeted direct labor costs } & \$ 250,000 \\\text { Actual direct labor costs } & \$ 482,000 \\\text { Cost of goods sold } & \$ 150,000 \\\text { Direct materials inventory, December } 31,2015 & \$ 120,000 \\\text { Work-in-process inventory, December } 31,2015 & \$ 100,000 \\\text { Finished goods inventory, December } 31,2015 & \$ 250,000\end{array}
Required:
A) Compute the budgeted factory overhead rate.
B) Compute the applied overhead costs.
C) What is the overhead variance?
D) Prorate the overhead variance to the appropriate accounts.

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A)$675,000/$250,000 = 270% of direct lab...

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