Reference no: EM132858930
Question - DIRECT MATERIALS AND DIRECT LABOR VARIANCES
At the beginning of June, Faiz Mainan Sdn. Bhd. budgeted 5,000 toys action figures to be manufactured in June at standard direct materials and direct labor costs as follows:
Direct materials RM50,000
Direct labor RM36,000
Total RM86,000
The standard materials price is RM4.00 per pound. The standard direct labor rate is RM18.00 per hour. At the end of June, the actual direct materials and direct labor costs were as follows:
Actual direct materials RM49,600
Actual direct labor RM34,020
Total RM83,620
There were no direct materials price or direct labor rate variance for June. In addition, assume no charges in the direct materials inventory balances in June. Faiz Mainan Sdn. Bhd. actually produced 4,850 units of toys action figures during June.
REQUIRED -
(a) Determine the direct materials price variance.
(B) Determine the direct labor rate variance.