Question 9
Standard Cost for Product FGT
£
Materials (10kg x £8 per kg) 80
Labour (5hrs x £6 per hr) ¬ 30
Variable O/Hds (5hrs x £8 per hr) 40
Fixed O/Hds (5hrs x £9 per hr) 45
195
Budgeted Results
Production 10000 units
Sales 7500 units
Selling Price £300 per unit
Actual Results
Production 13000 units
Sales 6000 units
Materials 85000 kg Cost £700000
Labour 36000 hrs Cost £330900
Variable O/Hds £400000
Fixed O/Hds £500000
Selling Price £260 per unit
Calculate
a. Material total variance
Should have sold 13000 × 80 1040000
But did sold 700000
Direct total material variance (340000)
b. Material price variance
85000kg should have cost ×8 680000
Did cost 700000
Material price variance (20000)
c. Material usage variance
What should have been used13000×10 130000
Buts did use 85000
Variance in kgs 45000
Valued at standard cost per kg ×8
Direct material usage variance 360000
d. Labour total variance
Hours should have used × 30 390000
But did use 330900
Labour rate variance (59100)
e. Labour rate variance
Hours should have used 36000× 6 216000
But did use 330900
Labour rate variance (114900)
f. Labour efficiency variance.
13000 units should have used ×5 65000
But it did take 36000
Variance in hours 29000
Valued at standard rate per hour ×6
Direct labour efficiency variance (174000)
g. Variable overhead total variance and all sub- variances
13000 units should have cost ×40 520000
But did cost 400000
Variable production overhead variance (120000)
h. Fixed Production overhead total Variance and all sub-variances
Overhead incurred 500000
Overhead absorbed (13000×45) 585000
Overhead variance (85000)
i. Selling price variance
Revenue from 6000 units should have been ×300 1800000
But was 260 1560000
Selling price variance (240000)
j. Sales volume variance
Budgeted sales volume 130000
Actual sales volume 6000
Variance in units 7000
Standard margin per unit (300-195) 105
Sales volume variance (735000)