Reference no: EM133115300
Question - Parkeville Company manufactures a single product and started the year with no inventories. Selected information about results for the period just ended include the following:
Actual fixed manufacturing overhead $172,000
Actual variable manufacturing overhead 136,000
Applied fixed manufacturing overhead 200,000
Applied variable manufacturing overhead 134,000
Production volume variance 18,000 F
Variable overhead efficiency variance 8,000 F
Nine percent of this period's production has not been sold. There are never any work-in-process inventories.
Required -
a. Assume Parkeville writes off all variances to Cost of Goods Sold- Prepare the entries the company would make to record and close out the variances.
b. Assume Parkeville prorates all variances to the appropriate accounts. Prepare the entries the company would make to record and close out the variances.