Reference no: EM13950703

Linus Inc. has budgeted overhead for August of $260,000 for variable costs and $435,000 for fixed costs. Actual costs for the month totaled $275,000 for variable (all Accounts Payable) and $445,000 for fixed (all Accumulated Depreciation). Allocated fixed overhead totaled $440,000. The company tracks each item in an overhead control account before allocations are made to individual jobs. Spending variances for August were $10,000 unfavorable for variable and $10,000 unfavorable for fixed. The production-volume overhead variance was $5,000 favorable. 

Required:

a. Make two journal entries for the actual costs incurred  one for variable overhead and one for fixed overhead. 
b. Make two journal entries to record the variances for August  one for variable overhead and one for fixed overhead.