Question

Barley Hopp, Inc., manufactures custom-ordered commemorative beer steins. Its standard cost information follows: Direct materials (clay) Direct labor Variable manufacturing overhead (based on direct labor hours) Fixed manufacturing overhead ($520,000.00 - 200,000.00 units) Standard Quantity 1.90 lbs. 1.90 hrs. 1.90 hrs. Standard Price (Rate) $ 2.00 per lb. $15.00 per hr. $ 1.20 per hr. Standard Unit Cost $ 3.80 28.50 2.28 2.60 Barley Hopp had the following actual results last year: Number of units produced and sold Number of pounds of clay used Cost of clay Number of labor hours worked Direct labor cost Variable overhead cost Fixed overhead cost 205,000 378,200 $ 794,220 250,000 $5,875,000 $ 450,000 $ 510,000 Required: 1. Calculate the direct materials price, quantity, and total spending variances for Barley Hopp. (Do not round your intermediate calculations. Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable and "U" for unfavorable.) Direct Materials Price Variance Direct Materials Quantity Variance Direct Materials Spending Variance

Answer 1

Solution

Material Price Variance	$         37,820.00	Unfavourable-U
Material quantity variance	$         22,600.00	Favourable-F
Total Material Variance	$         15,220.00	Unfavourable-U
Labor rate variance	$   2,125,000.00	Unfavourable-U
Labor Efficiency variance	$   2,092,500.00	Favourable-F
Total Labor variance	$         32,500.00	Unfavourable-U
Variable Overhead Rate Variance	$      150,000.00	Unfavourable-U
Variable Overhead Efficiency Variance	$      167,400.00	Favourable-F
Variable Overhead Spending Variance	$         17,400.00	Favourable-F

Working

		205000	Units
	Quantity (AQ)	Rate (AR)	Actual Cost
Direct Material	378200	$       2.10	$       794,220.00
Direct labor	250000	$     23.50	$    5,875,000.00
Variable Overhead	250000	$       1.80	$       450,000.00

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Standard DATA for		205000	Units
	Quantity (SQ)	Rate (SR)	Standard Cost
	[A]	[B]	[A x B]
Direct Material	( 1.9 lbs x 205000 Units)=389500 lbs	$              2.00	$          779,000.00
Direct labor	( 1.9 Hour x 205000 Units)=389500 Hour	$           15.00	$      5,842,500.00
Variable Overhead	( 1.9 Hour x 205000 Units)=389500 Hour	$              1.20	$          467,400.00

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Material Price Variance
(	Standard Rate	-	Actual Rate	)	x	Actual Quantity
(	$                    2.00	-	$                     2.10	)	x	378200
	-37820
	Variance		$           37,820.00			Unfavourable-U
Material Quantity Variance
(	Standard Quantity	-	Actual Quantity	)	x	Standard Rate
(	389500	-	378200	)	x	$              2.00
	22600
	Variance		$           22,600.00			Favourable-F
Material Spending Variance
(	Standard Cost	-	Actual Cost	)
(	$       779,000.00	-	$        794,220.00	)
	-15220
	Variance		$           15,220.00			Unfavourable-U
Labor Rate Variance
(	Standard Rate	-	Actual Rate	)	x	Actual Labor Hours
(	$                  15.00	-	$                   23.50	)	x	250000
	-2125000
	Variance		$     2,125,000.00			Unfavourable-U
Labour Efficiency Variance
(	Standard Hours	-	Actual Hours	)	x	Standard Rate
(	389500	-	250000	)	x	$           15.00
	2092500
	Variance		$     2,092,500.00			Favourable-F
Labor Spending Variance
(	Standard Cost	-	Actual Cost	)
(	$   5,842,500.00	-	$     5,875,000.00	)
	-32500
	Variance		$           32,500.00			Unfavourable-U
Variable Overhead Rate Variance
(	Standard Rate	-	Actual Rate	)	x	Actual Labor Hours
(	$                    1.20	-	$                     1.80	)	x	250000
	$     (150,000.00)
	Variance		$        150,000.00			Unfavourable-U
Variable Overhead Efficiency Variance
(	Standard Hours	-	Actual Hours	)	x	Standard Rate
(	389500	-	250000	)	x	$              1.20
	$       167,400.00
	Variance		$        167,400.00			Favourable-F
Variable Overhead Spending Variance
(	Standard Cost	-	Actual Cost	)
(	$       467,400.00	-	$        450,000.00	)
	17400
	Variance		$           17,400.00			Favourable-F