Question

Colina Production Company uses a standard costing system. The following information pertains to the current year. Direct labor hours is the driver used to assign overhead costs to products. Actual production 5,500 units Actual factory overhead costs ($16,500 is fixed) $40,125 Actual direct labor costs (11,250 hours) $131,625 Standard direct labor for 5,500 units: Standard hours allowed 11,000 hours Labor rate $12.00 The factory overhead rate is based on an activity level of 10,000 direct labor hours. Standard cost data for 5,000 units is as follows: Variable factory overhead $22,500 Fixed factory overhead 13,500 Total factory overhead $36,000
What is the variable overhead efficiency variance for Colina Production Company?

a.$562.50 (U)

b.$1,687.50 (F)

c.$562.50 (F)

d.$3,000.00 (U)

Answer 1

Answer:

variable overhead efficiency variance= $562.5 unfavorable

Explanation:

Giving the following information:

The actual production of 5,500 units

Actual direct labor hours= 11,250

Standard direct labor for 5,500 units:

Standard hours allowed 11,000 hours

First, we need to determine the variable overhead rate:

Variable overhead rate= 22,500/10,000= $2.25 per direct labor hour

Now, using the following formula we can determine the variable overhead efficiency variance:

variable overhead efficiency variance= (Standard Quantity - Actual Quantity)*Standard rate

variable overhead efficiency variance= (11,000 - 11,250)*2.25

variable overhead efficiency variance= $562.5 unfavorable