What is the amount of overhead variance

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Question - Yamuna Fabricating Company uses a job-order costing system and a predetermined overhead rate based on direct labour-hours as the production process heavily relies on a skilled workforce.

At the beginning of the year, the company estimated manufacturing overhead for the year would be $568,000 and labour hours would be 40,000 hours.

The following information pertains to February of the current year:


JOB-X10

JOB-X11

JOB-X12

WIP February 1

$12,000

$16,000

$21,000

Materials used during March

10,800

7,200

8,300

Direct Labour used

3,200

4,800

5,700

Machine hours

390

420

450

Direct Labour hours

2,500

1,700

1,800

Required -

A) Calculate the predetermined overhead rate (POHR).

B) Complete a brief job-order cost sheet for the 3 jobs for February. (Hint: this requires applying overhead using the rate calculated in part 1 above).

C) At the end of February Jobs X10 and Job X11 were completed, and Job X11 was sold and delivered to a customer - show the ending balances of the Work in Process and Finished Goods inventory accounts (assume no beginning Finished Goods inventory).

D) If actual manufacturing overhead costs are $90,000, what is the amount of overhead variance? Is it Over or Under applied overhead for February?

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