Question

The Foundational 15 [LO10-1, LO10-2, LO10-3]

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Preble Company manufactures one product. Its variable manufacturing overhead is applied to production based on direct labor-hours and its standard cost card per unit is as follows:
Direct materials: 5 pounds at $9 per pound $ 45
Direct labor: 3 hours at $14 per hour 42
Variable overhead: 3 hours at $9 per hour 27
Total standard cost per unit $ 114
The planning budget for March was based on producing and selling 20,000 units. However, during March the company actually produced and sold 24,800 units and incurred the following costs:
Purchased 155,000 pounds of raw materials at a cost of $7.20 per pound. All of this material was used in production.
Direct laborers worked 65,000 hours at a rate of $15 per hour.
Total variable manufacturing overhead for the month was $612,300.
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What variable manufacturing overhead cost would be included in the company’s planning budget for March?

Answer 1

$540,000

Step-by-step explanation:

The amount on of variable manufacturing overhead cost to be included in the company's planning budget for March is budgeted production units of 20,000 units multiplied by standard direct labor hours of 3 hours per unit multiplied by cost of direct labor hour used for variable overhead which is $9.

budgeted variable overhead cost for March=20,000*3*$9=$540,000.00

However, the actual cost of variable manufacturing overhead for the month is $612,300,hence an adverse variance of $72,300 is recorded ($612,300-$540,000)