Cornerstones of Cost Accounting 1st Edition by Don Hansen,Maryanne Mowen

تمرين 45

DIRECT MATERIALS AND DIRECT LABOR VARIANCES
Timmons Company produces a dark chocolate candy bar. Recently, the company adopted the following standards for one 8-ounce bar of the candy:

During the first week of operation, the company experienced the following actual results:
a. Bars produced: 78,000.
b. Ounces of direct materials purchased: 640,000 ounces at $0.084 per ounce.
c. There are no beginning or ending inventories of direct materials.
d. Direct labor: 5,510 hours at $18.
Required:
1. Compute price and usage variances for direct materials.
2. Compute the rate variance and the efficiency variance for direct labor.
3. Prepare the journal entries associated with direct materials and direct labor.