Answer:
d. $6,610 billion.
Explanation:
Gross Domestic Product = C + I + G + X - M
Gross Domestic Product = Personal Consumption Expenditures + Gross Private Domestic Investment + Government Spending + Exports - Imports
Gross Domestic Product = $4,750 + $900 + $1,400 + $810 - $850
Gross Domestic Product = $7,010
Net Domestic Product = GDP - Depreciation
Net Domestic Product = $7,010 - $450
Net Domestic Product = $6,560
National Income = $6,560
Personal Income = National Income + Transfer Payments - Social Security Taxes - Corporate Profits
Personal Income = $6,560 + $700 - $600 - $50
Personal Income = $6,610 billion
Break-Even Units: Units for Target Profit Jay-Zee Company makes an in-car navigation system. Next year, Jay-Zee plans to sell 16,000 units at a price of $320 each. Product costs include: Direct materials $68
Direct labor $40
Variable overhead $12
Total fixed factory overhead $500,000
Variable selling expense is a commission of 5 percent of price; fixed selling and administrative expenses total $116,400.
Required:
1. Calculate the sales commission per unit sold. Calculate the contribution margin per unit.
2. How many units must Jay-Zee Company sell to break even? Prepare an income statement for the calculated number of units.
3. Calculate the number of units Jay-Zee Company must sell to achieve target operating income (profit) of $333,408.
4. What if the Jay-Zee Company wanted to achieve a target operating income of $322,000? Would the number of units needed increase or decrease compared to your answer in Requirement 3? Compute the number of units needed for the new target operating income.
Answer:
Jay-Zee Company
1. Sales commission per unit sold is:
= $16.
The Contribution margin per unit is:
= $184.
2. Break-even units are:
= 3,350 units
Income Statement for 3,350 units:
Sales revenue $1,072,000 ($320 * 3,350)
Variable cost of goods sold 455,600 ($136 * 3,350)
Contribution margin $616,400 ($184 * 3,350)
Fixed costs:
Factory overhead $500,000
Selling and administrative 116,400
Total fixed costs $616,400
Net operating income $0
3. Units to sell to achieve income of $333,408 are:
= 5,162 units
4. The number of units needed would decrease.
The number of units needed for the new target operating income is:
= 5,100 units.
Explanation:
a) Data and Calculations:
Planned sales unit for the next year = 16,000
Sales price per unit = $320
Product costs:
Direct materials $68
Direct labor $40
Variable overhead $12
Total fixed factory overhead $500,000
Variable selling expense = $16 ($320 * 5%)
Fixed selling and administrative expenses = $116,400
Total variable costs per unit = $136
Contribution margin per unit = $184 ($320 - $136)
Total fixed costs = $616,400 ($500,000 + $116,400)
To break-even, units to sell = $616,400/$184 = 3,350 units
Units to sell to achieve a profit target of $333,408:
= $616,400+ $333,408/$184
= 5,162 units
Units to sell to achieve a profit target of $333,408:
= $616,400+ $322,000/$184
= 5,100 units
Initially this seen as a temporary crop until the colonists learned that they could diversify it wine and other food crops. Colonists wanted to grow this crop because it made them money in short time with little investment. What was this crop?
Answer:
Tobacco
Explanation:
Tobacco, grown from seeds stolen from the Spanish, was the cash crop that saved the colonists in the New World. Because growing tobacco required lots of hard work and labor, more people were needed to work in the fields. The more workers one had, the more tobacco they could grow and the greater the profit they could gain.
A portfolio manager believes interest rates will drop and decides to sell short-duration bonds and buy long-duration bonds. This is an example of _____________ swap.
a. a pure yield pickup
b. a substitution
c. a rate anticipation
d. an intermarket spread
Answer:
C) a rate anticipation
Explanation:
A rate anticipation swap can be regarded as a bond trading strategy that is used whereby there is exchange of exchanges of bond portfolio by trader in anticipation of expected interest rate movements.
Rate anticipation swap can be regarded as trading strategy involving
bonds swapping on the basis of varying maturity dates. this bond swapping are done according to their present period as well as their movement rate prediction.
2
On January 2, Good Sound, Inc. purchased a speaker for sale on account with a listed price of $2,100. On January 15,
Good Sound sold to Sweet Coffee, Inc. a speaker on account for $3,500 with terms of 3/15, n 45. On January 20,
Sweet Coffee paid the invoice in full. What is net amount of Sales Revenue (1.e. Net Sales Revenue) reported to Good
Sound's Income statement?
Answer:
noise pollution
Explanation:
because it is a very good noise
Retained earnings, December 31, 2013 $342,700
Cost of buildings purchased during 2014 44,100
Net income for the year ended December 31, 2014 56,200
Dividends declared and paid in 2014 32,800
Increase in cash balance from January 1, 2014, to December 31, 2014 22,700
Increase in long-term debt in 2014 45,300
Required:
Calculate the Retained Earnings balance as of December 31, 2014.
Answer:
the ending retained earning balance is $366,100
Explanation:
The computation of the ending retained earning balance is given below:
= Opening balance of retained earnings + net income - dividend paid
= $342,700 + $56,200 - $32,800
= $366,100
Hence, the ending retained earning balance is $366,100
The same should be considered and relevant
Motors are assembled in a process with two resources. The first resource has a capacity of 2 motors per hour. The capacity of the second resource is 4.5 motors per hour. Demand for this process is 2.3 motors per hour.
Instruction: Round your answer to three decimal places.
What is the cycle time of this process (in minutes)? _______minutes
Answer: 26.1 minutes
Explanation:
The cycle time is calculated by the formula:
= Production time available / Desired output
Production time available = 1 hour as production is per hour.
1 hour = 60 minutes
Desired output is the demand per hour from the process
Cycle time = 60 / 2.3
= 26.1 minutes
Unilever has a subsidiary in Japan. The valuation of this MNC should
rise when an event causes the expected cash flows from Japan to ____
and when JPY is expected to ____.
Answer: increase; appreciate.
Explanation:
A multinational firm is regarded as a firm that's located in different countries. It should be noted that the valuation of this multinational company should
rise when there's an event that causes the expected cash flows from Japan to increase and also when the currency JPY is expected to appreciate. Appreciate her simply means when there's an increase in the value of JPY.
Genius Professor Mullen Co. is using the Target Cost approach on a new product. Information gathered so far reveals: Expected annual sales (Market Sales) 400,000 units Desired profit per unit (DP) $0.25 Target cost (TC) $168,000 What is the Market Price (MP) per unit
Answer: $0.67 per unit
Explanation:
Find the target cost per unit:
= 168,000 / 400,000
= $0.42 per unit
If the desired profit is $0.25 and the target cost is $0.42, the market price per unit is:
= Desired profit + Target cost
= 0.25 + 0.42
= $0.67 per unit
Kanye Company is evaluating the purchase of a rebuilt spot-welding machine to be used in the manufacture of a new product. The machine will cost $178,000, has an estimated useful life of 7 years, a salvage value of zero, and will increase net annual cash flows by $36,562.
What is its approximate internal rate of return? (Round answer to 0 decimal place, e.g. 13%.)
Internal rate of return
Answer: 10%
Explanation:
You can use Excel to solve for this.
The investment will be in negative as shown below.
Input the increase in net annual cash flows 7 times to represent 7 years.
IRR = 9.9999%
= 10%
The Doodad Company purchases a machine for $400,000. The machine has an estimated residual value of $20,000. The company expects the machine to produce two million units. The machine is used to make 400,000 units during the current period. Use the information above to answer the following question. If the units-of-production method is used, the depreciation expense for this period is: A. $80,000. B. $400,000. C. $380,000. D. $76,000.
Answer: $76,000
Explanation:
Depreciation per unit = (Cost - Residual value) / Number of units expected to be produced
= (400,000 - 20,000) / 2,000,000
= $0.19 per unit
40,000 units were used this period so the depreciation is:
= 400,000 * 0.19
= $76,000
Gillian reprimands an employee in front of his peers for speaking out of turn during a sales meeting. Which of the following types of reinforcement does this scenario demonstrate?
a. Extinction
b. Negative reinforcement
c. Positive reinforcement
d. Positive punishment
Answer:
The correct answer is the option B: Negative reinforcement.
Explanation:
To begin with, in the field of behavioral psychology and business management the concept known as "Reinforcement" refers to the action or process of changing or keeping someone's behavior by the action of having an specific reaction that will be negative or positive accepted by the individual whose behavior we are looking to change or maintain. Therefore that the reinforcement is followed by a particular stimulus that the individual normally has when making the action that we want to change or keep.
The negative reinforcement refers to the process of producing a consequence with the purpose of avoiding or trying to stop certain stimulus so that the individual will stop that behavior in order to avoid the consequence.
If the government changed the per-unit tax from $5.00 to $2.50, then the price paid by buyers would be $7.50, the price received by sellers would be $5, and the quantity sold in the market would be 1.5 units. Compared to the original tax rate, this lower tax rate would
Answer: Decrease government revenue and decrease deadweight loss from the tax.
Explanation:
Decrease gov rev and decrease deadweight loss from the tax.
At AB, the government revenue will be:
= Quantity × Tax rate
= 1 × 5
= 5
The deadweight loss will be:
Deadweight Loss= 0.5 × Change in quantity × Change in Price
= 0.5 × (9-4) × (2-1)
= 0.5 × 5 × 1
= 2.5
At CD,
the government revenue will be:
= 1.5 × 2.5
= 3.75
The deadweight loss will be:
= 0.5 × (7.5-5) × (2-1.5)
= 0.5 × 2.5 × 0.5
= 0.625
Based on the calculation above, both the government revenue and the deadweight loss decreases.
An asset is purchased on January 1 for $44,700. It is expected to have a useful life of five years after which it will have an expected residual value of $6,000. The company uses the straight-line method. If it is sold for $32,000 exactly two years after it is purchased, the company will record a: Multiple Choice
Answer:
Gain of $2,780
Explanation:
Calculation to determine what The company will record If it is sold for $32,000 exactly two years after it is purchased
First step is to calculate the Annual depreciation expense using this formula
Annual depreciation expense = (Cost − Residual value) × (1 ÷ Useful life)
Let plug in the formula
Annual depreciation expense = ($44,700 − $6,000) × (1 ÷ 5)
Annual depreciation expense =$38,700× (1 ÷ 5)
Annual depreciation expense =$ 7,740
Second step is to calculate the Accumulated depreciation using this formula
Accumulated depreciation = Year 1 depreciation expense + Year 2 depreciation expense
Let plug in the formula
Accumulated depreciation = $7,740 +$7,740
Accumulated depreciation = $15,480
Now let calculate the Gain (loss) on disposal
Using this formula
Gain (loss) on disposal = Proceeds from sale − (Cost − Accumulated Depreciation at time of sale)
Let plug in the formula
Gain (loss) on disposal = $32,000 − ($44,700 − $15,480)
Gain (loss) on disposal =$32,000-$29,220
Gain (loss) on disposal=$2,780
Therefore If it is sold for $32,000 exactly two years after it is purchased, the company will record a GAIN of $2,780
a granary allocates the cost of unprocessed wheat to the production of feed flour and starch 100000. how much of the 120000 cost should be allocated to feed if the value basis is used
Question is incomplete : Find complete version in the comment section:
Answer:
$42,000
Explanation:
Product __ pound ___ price/pound ____ value
Feed ___ 100000 ____ 0.70 ________ 70000
Flour ___ 50000 _____ 2.20 ________ 110000
Starch __ 20000 _____ 1.00 ________ 20000
Total value _____________________ 200000
In value basis :
Feed's percentage of total value :
(Feed value / total value) * 100%
(70000 / 200000) * 100%
0.35 * 100% = 35%
Feed percentage * joint cost
35% * 120,000 = 42,000
MC Qu. 160 Webster Corporation's monthly... Webster Corporation's monthly projected general and administrative expenses include $4,300 administrative salaries, $1,700 of other cash administrative expenses, $2,200 of depreciation expense on the administrative equipment, and .5% monthly interest on an outstanding bank loan of $27,000. Compute the total general and administrative expenses to be reported on the general and administrative expense budget per month.
Answer:
the total general and admin expense is $8,200
Explanation:
The computation of the total general and admin expense is given below:
Administrative salaries $4,300
Other cash administrative expenses $1,700
Depreciation $2,200
General and administrative expenses budget $8,200
hence, the total general and admin expense is $8,200
We simply added the above 3 items so that the correct value could come
A firm's market-to-book ratio might be greater than 1.0 due to accounting reasons. An example of an accounting reason that would cause the market-to-book ratio to increase is
Answer: off-balance-sheet assets arising from investments in successful research and development programs that are expensed according to conservative accounting principles.
Explanation:
The market to book ratio refers to the financial valuation metric that is used in the evaluation of the current market value of a company relative to the book value of the company.
It should be noted that there'll be an increase in the market price of a company when there are investments which are made by the company in successful research and development programs which entails the use of the conservative accounting principles.
Use the cost information below for Laurels Company to determine the manufacturing costs added during the current year:
Direct materials used $5,000
Direct labor used 7,000
Total factory overhead 5,100
Beginning work in process inventory 3,000
Ending work in process inventory 4,000
Answer:
$17,100
Explanation:
Calculation to determine the manufacturing costs added during the current year
Direct materials used $5,000
Add Direct Labor $7,000
Add Total Factory overhead $5,100
Total manufacturing $17,100
($5,000+$7,000+$5,100)
Therefore the manufacturing costs added during the current year is $17,100
Cash Flow Activity 1. Sold stock investments for cash. 2. Received cash payments from customers. 3. Paid cash for wages and salaries. 4. Purchased inventories with cash. 5. Paid cash dividends. 6. Issued common stock for cash. 7. Received cash interest on a note. 8. Paid cash interest on outstanding notes. 9. Received cash from sale of land. 10. Paid cash for property taxes on building.
Answer:
Question is to classify each entry as either operating, investing, or financing activities assuming the indirect method.
Operating activities are those that involve the company's day to day activities of selling their goods and services.
Investing activities refer to those that involve the company buying or selling fixed assets or the securities of other companies.
Financing activities are those that have to do with Equity and long term debt which means that dividends fall here.
1. Sold stock investments for cash. ⇒ INVESTING
2. Received cash payments from customers. ⇒ OPERATING
3. Paid cash for wages and salaries. ⇒ OPERATING
4. Purchased inventories with cash.⇒ OPERATING
5. Paid cash dividends. FINANCING
6. Issued common stock for cash. ⇒ FINANCING
7. Received cash interest on a note. ⇒ OPERATING
8. Paid cash interest on outstanding notes. ⇒ OPERATING
9. Received cash from sale of land. ⇒ INVESTING
10. Paid cash for property taxes on building. ⇒ OPERATING
A steam boiler is needed as part of the design of a new plant. The boiler can be fired by natural gas, fuel oil, or coal. A cost analysis shows that natural gas would be the cheapest at $30,000; for fuel oil it would be $55,000; and for coal it would be $180,000. If natural gas is used rather than fuel oil, the annual fuel cost will decrease by $7,500. If coal is used rather than fuel oil, the annual fuel cost will be $15,000 per year less. Assuming 8% interest, a 20-year analysis period, and no salvage value, which is the most economincal installation?
Answer:
Natural gas boiler
Explanation:
Alternative Installation cost Annual savings
natural gas $30,000 $7,500
fuel oil $55,000 not given
coal $180,000 $15,000
we need to find the PV of natural gas savings = $7,500 * 9.8181 (PVIFA, 8%, 20 periods) = $73,638
the PV of coal savings = $15,000 - 9.8181 (PVIFA, 8%, 20 periods) = $147,272
NPV of natural gas boiler = $73,638 - $30,000 = $43,638
NPV of coal boiler = $147,272 - $180,000 = -$32,728
Madison Corporation sells three products (M, N, and O) in the following mix: 3:1:2. Unit price and cost data are: M N OUnit sales price$12 $10 $11Unit variable costs 9 8 9Total fixed costs are $585,000. The selling price per composite unit for the current sales mix (rounded to the nearest cent) is:
Answer:
Selling price per composite unit= $11.3
Explanation:
Giving the following information:
Madison Corporation sells three products (M, N, and O) in the following mix: 3:1:2.
Unit price and cost data are: M N OUnit sales price$12 $10 $11
First, we need to calculate the sales proportion for each product:
M= 3/6= 0.5
N= 1/6= 0.17
O= 2/6= 0.33
Now, the selling price per composite unit:
Selling price per composite unit= (0.5*12) + (0.17*10) + (0.33*11)
Selling price per composite unit= $11.3
Enviro Company issues 10.50%, 10-year bonds with a par value of $430,000 and semiannual interest payments. On the issue date, the annual market rate for these bonds is 7.50%, which implies a selling price of 127.875. The straight-line method is used to allocate interest expense. 1. Using the implied selling price of 127.875. what are the issuer’s cash proceeds from issuance of these bonds? 2. What total amount of bond interest expense will be recognized over the life of these bonds? 3. What is the amount of bond interest expense recorded on the first interest payment date?
Answer:
1.
549,862.5
2.
$331,637.5
3.
$16,581.87
Explanation:
1.
Cash proceeds = Par Value of the bond x Price ratio to par value
Cash proceeds = $430,000 x 127.875%
Cash proceeds = $549,862.5
2.
Bond Interest expense = Total Coupon payment - Premium on bond
Bond Interest expense = ( $430,000 x 10.50% x 10 ) - ( $549,862.5 - $430,000 )
Bond Interest expense = $451,500 - $119,862.5
Bond Interest expense = $331,637.5
3.
Bond Interest expense = Coupon Payment - Premium on Bond amortization
Bond Interest expense = ( $430,000 x 10.5% x 6/12 ) - ( ( $549,862.5 - $430,000 ) / ( 10 x 2 ) )
Bond Interest expense = $22,575 - $5,993.13
Bond Interest expense = $16,581.87
There is often litter along highways but rarely in people's yards. Which of the following statements help explain this observation?
a. No one cares if there is litter on the highway
b. When a person litters along a highway, others bear the negative externality of having to clean it up.
c. Littering in your own yard imposes costs to you, so you are less likely to do it.
Answer:
b
c
Explanation:
A good has negative externality if the costs to third parties not involved in production is greater than the benefits. an example of an activity that generates negative externality is pollution. Pollution can be generated at little or no cost, so they are usually overproduced. Government can discourage the production of activities that generate negative externality by taxation. Taxation increases the cost of production and therefore discourages overproduction. Tax levied on externality is known as Pigouvian tax.
Government can regulate the amount of externality produced by placing an upper limit on the amount of negative externality permissible
Coase theorem has been proposed as a solution to externality. According to this theory, when there are conflicting property rights, bargaining between parties involved can lead to an efficient outcome only if the bargaining cost is low
Another solution to negative externality is through the activities of charities. Charities can raise donations to limit or regulate the activities of firms that constitutes a negative externality.
Payroll Entries
The payroll register for D. Salah Company for the week ended May 18 indicated the following:
Salaries $615,000
Federal income tax withheld 165,000
The salaries were all subject to the 6.0% social security tax and the 1.5% Medicare tax. In addition, state and federal unemployment taxes were calculated at the rate of 5.4% and 0.8%, respectively, on $45,000 of salaries.
For a compound transaction, if an amount box does not require an entry, leave it blank.
a. Journalize the entry to record the payroll for the week of May 18.
May 18 Salaries Expense
Social Security Tax Payable
Medicare Tax Payable
Employees Federal Income Tax Payable
Salaries Payable
Feedback
Gross pay is the amount that employees have earned before taxes and deductions. A portion of employees' earnings are owed for such items as state and federal taxes. Net pay is also known as take-home pay.
b. Journalize the entry to record the payroll tax expense incurred for the week of May 18.
May 18 Payroll Tax Expense
Social Security Tax Payable
Medicare Tax Payable
State Unemployment Tax Payable
Federal Unemployment Tax Payable
Answer:
A. Dr Salaries expense 615000
Cr Social security tax payable 36900
Cr Medicare tax payable 9225
Cr Employment federal income tax payable
165000
Cr Salaries payable 403875
B. Dr Payroll tax expenses 48915
Cr Social security tax payable 36900
Cr Medicare tax payable 9225
Cr State unemployment taxes payable 2430
Cr Federal unemployment taxes payable 360
Explanation:
A. Preparation of the journal entry to record the payroll for the week of May 18.
May 18
Dr Salaries expense 615000
Cr Social security tax payable 36900
(615000*6%)
Cr Medicare tax payable 9225
(615000*1.5%)
Cr Employment federal income tax payable
165000
Cr Salaries payable 403875
(615000-36900-9225-165000)
(To record the payroll for the week of May 18)
B. Preparation of the journal entry to record the payroll tax expense incurred for the week of May 18
May 18
Dr Payroll tax expenses 48915
(36900+9225+2430+360)
Cr Social security tax payable 36900
(615000*6%)
Cr Medicare tax payable 9225
(615000*1.5%)
Cr State unemployment taxes payable 2430
(45000*5.4%)
Cr Federal unemployment taxes payable 360
(45000*0.8%)
(To record the payroll tax expense incurred )
The Nearside Co. just paid a dividend of $1.65 per share on its stock. The dividends are expected to grow at a constant rate of 5 percent per year, indefinitely. Investors require a return of 12 percent on the stock. a. What is the current price
Answer:
$24.7
Explanation:
The first step is to calculate D1
1.65(1+5/100)
1.65(1+0.05)
1.65(1.05)
=>1.73
Therefore the current price can be calculated as follows
= D1/required rate-growth rate
= 1.73/0.12-0.05
= 1.73/0.07
= 24.7
Hence the current price is $24.7
MC Qu. 90 Marks Corporation has two operating... Marks Corporation has two operating departments, Drilling and Grinding, and an office. The three categories of office expenses are allocated to the two departments using different allocation bases. The following information is available for the current period: Office ExpensesTotal Allocation Basis Salaries$44,000 Number of employees Depreciation 21,000 Cost of goods sold Advertising 44,000 Net sales ItemDrilling Grinding Total Number of employees 900 2,100 3,000 Net sales$350,000 $525,000 $875,000 Cost of goods sold$91,200 $148,800 $240,000 The amount of salaries that should be allocated to Grinding for the current period is:
Answer:
$30,800
Explanation:
Amount of salaries to allocated to Grinding = Total salary cost * Number of employees in grinding/Total Number of employees
Amount of salaries to allocated to Grinding = $44,000 * 2,100/3,000
Amount of salaries to allocated to Grinding = $44,000 * 0.7
Amount of salaries to allocated to Grinding = $30,800
So, the amount of salaries that should be allocated to Grinding for the current period is $30,800
Use the following information to determine the break-even point in units (rounded to the nearest whole unit): Unit sales 53,000
Units Unit selling price $14.65
Unit variable cost $7.80
Fixed costs $189,000
12,901
27,591
8,419
46,545
24,231
Answer:
27,591 units
Explanation:
The computation of the break even point in units is shown below:
Contribution margin is
= (Sales - Variable costs)
= ($14.65 - $7.80)
=$6.85
Now
breakeven point in units is
= fixed cost ÷ Contribution margin
= ($189,000 ÷ $6.85)
= 27,591 units
Sheffield Corp. has old inventory on hand that cost $21000. Its scrap value is $30000. The inventory could be sold for $70000 if manufactured further at an additional cost of $21000. What should Sheffield do?
Answer:
Sell the inventory for $30000 scrap value
Explanation:
In the first place, if the old inventory is disposed of at $30,000 and cash inflow of $30,000 would be received
However, if manufactured by further by incurring an additional cost of $21,000,the incremental income is computed thus:
incremental income=sales value-scrap value-additional cost
Remember scrap value is a lost benefit if the inventory is processed further and not sold in its current state.
incremental income=$70,000-$30,000-$21000
incremental income=$19,000(less than cash flow when disposed of at scrap value, hence, the inventory should be sold at $30,000)
If you are interested in working for a specific company, what type of job site should you look at for opening?
a. Geographic specific site
b. Industry specific site
C. Company site
d. General job site
Please select the best answer from the choices provided
A
B
0 0 0 0
C
D
Save and Exit
Next
Submit
retum
Answer:
c
Explanation:
if you got to the company site and go under careers, it will show you the jobs with descriptions they have available
Angel Toys is a producer of tiny dolls for children. Following is information about its revenue and cost structure: Assume that the current sales level is 14,000 dolls. What impact would a 10% increase in sales have on income
Answer: D. Income would increase by about 51%
Explanation:
Income before sales increase:
= Sales - Variable costs - Fixed costs
= (8 * 14,000 units) - ( (1.20 + 0.40) * 14,000 units) - (40,000 + 32,000)
= 112,000 - 22,400 - 72,000
= $17,600
Income after sales increase:
New sales = 14,000 * (1 + 10%) = 15,400 units
= (8 * 15,400) - ( (1.20 + 0.40) * 15,400) - (40,000 + 32,000)
= $26,560
Percentage increase:
= (26,560 - 17,600) / 17,600
= 50.9%
= 51%
Direct labor variances Bellingham Company produces a product that requires 3 standard direct labor hours per unit at a standard hourly rate of $22.00 per hour. 15,000 units used 61,900 hours at an hourly rate of $19.85 per hour. What is the direct labor (a) rate variance, (b) time variance, and (c) cost variance? Enter a favorable variance as a negative number using a minus sign and an unfavorable variance as a positive number.
a. Direct labor rate variance $ Favorable
b. Direct labor time variance $ Unfavorable
c. Direct labor cost variance $ Favorable
Answer:
Results are below.
Explanation:
To calculate the direct labor rate variance, we need to use the following formula:
Direct labor rate variance= (Standard Rate - Actual Rate)*Actual Quantity
Direct labor rate variance= (22 - 19.85)*61,900
Direct labor rate variance= $133,085
Now, the direct labor time (efficiency variance):
Direct labor time (efficiency) variance= (Standard Quantity - Actual Quantity)*standard rate
Direct labor time (efficiency) variance= (45,000 - 61,900)*22
Direct labor time (efficiency) variance= $371,800 unfavorable
Standard quantity= 15,000*3= 45,000
Finally, the total direct labor cost variance:
Total direct labor cost variance= Direct labor rate variance - Direct labor time (efficiency) variance
Total direct labor cost variance= 133,085 - 371,800
Total direct labor cost variance= $238,715 unfavorable
