Acme Company\'s production budget for August is 17,500 units and includes the fo

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Acme Company's production budget for August is 17,500 units and includes the following component unit costs: direct materials, $8; direct labor, $10; variable overhead, $8. Budgeted fixed overhead is $32,000. Actual production in August was 18,000 units, actual unit component costs incurred during August include direct materials, $8.25; direct labor, $9.45; variable overhead, $6.82. Actual fixed overhead was $33,500, the standard direct labor cost per unit consists of 0.5 hour of labor time at $20 per hour. During August, $170,100 of actual labor cost was incurred for 8,100 direct labor hours. Required: Calculate the labor rate variance and labor efficiency variance for August.

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Particulars Standard Actual Hours Rate amount Qty Rate amount Labour        9,000.00    20.0000        180,000.00        8,100.00          21.00        170,100.00 Actual output      18,000.00 Labour hrs reqd(18000*.5)        9,000.00 DLRV= (SR-AR)AH DLRV= (20-21)8100 DLRV= 8,100 U DLEV = (SH-AH)SR DLEV = (9000-8100)20 DLEV = 18,000 F

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