Question

At the beginning of June, Bezco Toy Company budgeted 5,000 toy action figures to be manufactured in June at standard direct materials and direct labor costs as follows: Direct materials $50,000 Direct labor 36,000 Total $86,000 The standard materials price is $4.00 per pound. The standard direct labor rate is $18.00 per hour. At the end of June, the actual direct materials and direct labor costs were as follows: Actual direct materials $49,600 Actual direct labor 34,020 Total $83,620There were no direct materials price or direct labor rate variances for June. In addition, assume no changes in the direct materials inventory balances in June. Bezco Toy Company actually produced 4,850 units during June.Required:Determine the direct materials quantity and direct labor time variances.

Answer 1

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Explanation:

Giving the following information:

Standard quantity:

Direct materials (pounds)= 50,000/4= 12,500 pounds

Direct materials (pounds)= 12,500/5,000= 2.5 pounds per unit

Direct labor (hours)= 36,000/18= 2,000 hours

Direct labor (hours)= 2,000/5,000= 0.4 hours

Actual quantity:

Actual direct materials= (49,600/4)= 9,920 pounds

Actual direct labor= 34,020/18= 1,890 hours

Production= 4,850

To calculate the direct labor quantity variance, we need to use the following formula:

Direct material quantity variance= (standard quantity - actual quantity)*standard price

Standard quantity= 2.5*4,850= 12,125

Direct material quantity variance= (12,125 - 9,920)*4

Direct material quantity variance= $8,820 favorable

To calculate the direct labor time variance, we need to use the following formula:

Direct labor time (efficiency) variance= (Standard Quantity - Actual Quantity)*standard rate

Standard quantity= 0.4*4,850= 1,940

Direct labor time (efficiency) variance= (1,940 - 1,890)*18

Direct labor time (efficiency) variance= $900 favorable