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Hellier Contractors paints interiors of residences and commercial structures. The firm's management has established cost standards per 100 square feet of area to be painted.

Direct material ($18 per gallon of paint)

$1.50   

Direct labor

2.00

Variable overhead

0.60

Fixed overhead (based on 600,000 square feet per month)

1.25

Management has determined that 400 square feet can be painted by the average worker each hour. During May, the company painted 600,000 square feet of space and incurred the following costs:

Direct material (450 gallons purchased and used)

$ 8,300.00

Direct labor (1,475 hours)

12,242.50

Variable overhead

3,480.00

Fixed overhead

7,720.00

Answer the following questions related to the Direct Material Variances

1. What is the standard quantity (SQ) (gallons) of paint that was budgeted to paint the 600,000 SF?

_______ gallons (do not include words in your answer)

2. Determine the material price variance (MPV) (do not include a negative sign or words in your answer)

3. Was the MPV favorable or unfavorable?

4. Determine the material quantity variance (MQV) (do not include a negative sign or words in your answer)

5. Was the MQV favorable or unfavorable?

6. Determine the Total Material Variance (do not include a negative sign or words in your answer)

7. Was the Total Material Variance favorable of unfavorable?

Answer the following questions related to the Direct Labor Variances

8. What were the standard hours (SH) that were budgeted to paint the 600,000 SF?

_______ DLH (do not include words in your answer)

9. Determine the labor rate variance (LRV) (do not include a negative sign or words in your answer)

10. Was the LRV favorable or unfavorable?

11. Determine the labor efficiency variance (LEV) (do not include a negative sign or words in your answer)

12. Was the LEV favorable or unfavorable?

13. Determine the Total Labor Variance (do not include a negative sign or words in your answer)

14. Was the Total Labor Variance favorable or unfavorable?

Answer the following questions related to the Manufacturing Overhead Variances.

Note: for the Variable overhead variances, use DLH as the allocation base.

15. Determine the Variable overhead spending variance (do not include a negative sign or words in your answer)

16. Was the Variable overhead spending variance favorable or unfavorable?

17. Determine the Variable overhead efficiency variance (do not include a negative sign or words in your answer)

18. Was the Variable overhead efficiency variance favorable or unfavorable?

19. Determine the Total Variable Overhead Variance (do not include a negative sign or words in your answer)

20. Was the Total Variable Overhead Variance favorable or unfavorable?

21. Determine the Fixed overhead spending variance (do not include a negative sign or words in your answer)

22. Determine the Volume variance (do not include a negative sign or words in your answer)

23. Determine the Total Fixed Overhead Variance (do not include a negative sign or words in your answer)

24. Was the Total Fixed Overhead Variance favorable or unfavorable?

25. Identify other cost drivers (other than SF) that could be used as a basis for measuring activity and computing variances for this company. Check all that could apply to this company.

Direct material ($18 per gallon of paint)

$1.50   

Direct labor

2.00

Variable overhead

0.60

Fixed overhead (based on 600,000 square feet per month)

1.25

Explanation / Answer

1. Standard quantity of paint budgeted for 600,000 SF: 500 gallons

Standard quantity of paint for 100 SF = $1.5 / $18 = 0.0833

Standard quantity for 600,000 SF = 0.0833 / 100 SF X 600,000 SF = 500 gallons

2. Material Price Variance (MPV): $200

(AQ x AR) – (AQ – SR) = $8300 – (450 X $18) = $8300 - $8100 = $200

3. Unfavorable

4. Material Quantity Variance (MQV): $900

(AQ x SR) – (SQ x SR) = (450 x $18) – (500 x $18) = $8100 - $9000 = $900

5. Favorable

6. Total Material Variance: $700

7. Favorable

8. Standard hours (SH) budgeted to paint 600,000 SF: 1500

600,000 SF / 400 SF = 1500

9. Labor Rate Variance (LRV): $442.50

(AH x AR) – (AH x SR) = $12242.50 – (1475 x $8) = $12242.50 - $11800 = $442.50

SR = $2 for 100 SF = $8 for 400 SF = $8 for 1 hour

10. Unfavorable

11. Labor Efficiency Variance (LEV):

(AH x SR) – (SH x SR) = (1475 x $8) – (1500 x $8) = $11800 - $12000 = $200

12. Favorable

13. Total Labor Variance: $242.50

14. Unfavorable

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