Reference no: EM131928298
Problem - Huron Company produces a commercial cleaning compound known as Zoom. The direct labour standards for one unit of Zoom follow:
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Standard Quantity or Hours
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Standard Price or Rate
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Standard Cost
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Direct materials
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4.30 kilograms
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$1.90 per kilogram
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$8.17
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Direct labour
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0.38 hours
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$8.00 per hour
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3.04
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Variable overhead
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0.38 hours
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$1.30 per hour
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0.49
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The budgeted fixed overhead cost is $15,208 per month. The denominator activity level of the allocation base is 874 direct labour-hours.
During the most recent month, the following activity was recorded:
a.9,400 kilograms of material were purchased at a cost of $2.22 per kilogram.
b. All of the material purchased was used to produce 2,300 units of Zoom.
c. A total of 820 hours of direct labour time was recorded at a total labour cost of 9,266.
d. The variable overhead cost was $1 ,640, and the fixed overhead cost was $17,366.
Required -
Compute the fixed overhead budget and the volume variances for the month.
Compute the underapplied or overapplied overhead for the month.