Question

Brief Exercise 23-1 Lopez Company uses both standards and budgets. For the year, estimated production of Product X is 534,000 units. Total estimated cost for materials and labor are $1,441,800 and $1,762,200. Compute the estimates for (a) a standard cost and (b) a budgeted cost. (Round standard costs to 2 decimal places, e.g. 1.25.) Materials Labor (a) Standard cost $ $ (b) Budgeted cost $ $

Answer 1

Answer:

a. $6

b.  $3204000

Explanation:

Given:

• Product X is 534,000 units
• cost for materials $1,441,800
• cost for labour: $1,762,200

(a) a standard cost

As we know standard cost is the cost of producing 1 unit and is recorded in a standard cost card. However, the cost of labor, materials and overhead are used to make a single unit, so

standard cost = unit variable cost =  the total cost / the total number of unit.

In this situation, the overheading cost is not gven, so the total cost:

= The cost of labor + materials

= $1,441,800 + $1,762,200

= $3204000

=> standard cost  = $3204000  / 534,000 = $6

(b) a budgeted cost represents the total costs

The total number of units * standard cost

= 534,000 * 6

=   $3204000