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John Moffat.
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- March 27, 2022 at 10:37 am #652019
Hi dear,
The standard cost per unit of one of The Gift Label’s products is provided below:
(£)
Material 5kg @ £2kg 10
Labor 1 hour @ £15/hr 15
Variable overheads 1 hour @ £8/hr 8
33Budgeted production and sales for February are 2,000 units selling for £70 each. Annual budgeted fixed overheads are £336,000 incurred evenly each month.
Actual results for February are as follows:
2,100 units were made and sold at a price that was 10% less than the budget. The cost of material was £22,680 and there was a favourable usage variance of 0.5kg per unit because better quality material was used. Labor worked 2,058 hours and labor rate increased to £16 beginning February. Variable and fixed overheads were £15,435 and £24,300 respectively.
Complete the table below to generate the opening statement for February:
Make one entry (favourable or adverse) for each variance and enter a zero or dash in the other column.Enter the net total of favourable variance (positive number) or adverse variance (negative number) in the final column.
Favourable (£) Adverse ( £)
Budgeted contribution
Sales volume variance
Sales price variance
Variable cost variance
Materials price
Materials usage
Labor rate
Labor efficicency
Variable overhead expenditure
Variable overhead efficicency
Total variable cost budgeted
Fixed overhead budgeted
Fixed overhead expenditure variance
Actual profitMarch 27, 2022 at 5:42 pm #652052There is no point in typing out a full question and expecting to be provided with a full answer.
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