[The following information applies to the questions displayedbelow.] Preble Company manufactures one product. Its variablemanufacturing overhead is applied to production based on directlabor-hours and its standard cost card per unit is as follows:Direct material: 4 pounds at $9.00 per pound $ 36.00 Direct labor:3 hours at $16.00 per hour 48.00 Variable overhead: 3 hours at$8.00 per hour 24.00 Total standard variable cost per unit $ 108.00The company also established the following cost formulas for itsselling expenses: Fixed Cost per Month Variable Cost per Unit SoldAdvertising $ 230,000 Sales salaries and commissions $ 270,000 $14.00 Shipping expenses $ 4.00 The planning budget for March wasbased on producing and selling 28,000 units. However, during Marchthe company actually produced and sold 33,000 units and incurredthe following costs: a. Purchased 165,000 pounds of raw materialsat a cost of $7.20 per pound. All of this material was used inproduction. b. Direct-laborers worked 87,000 hours at a rate of$17.00 per hour. c. Total variable manufacturing overhead for themonth was $729,060. d. Total advertising, sales salaries andcommissions, and shipping expenses were $233,000, $729,060, and$144,000, respectively.
8. What is the direct labor rate variance for March?
[The following information applies to the questions displayedbelow.] Preble Company manufactures one product. Its variablemanufacturing overhead is applied to production based on directlabor-hours and its standard cost card per unit is as follows:Direct material: 4 pounds at $9.00 per pound $ 36.00 Direct labor:3 hours at $16.00 per hour 48.00 Variable overhead: 3 hours at$8.00 per hour 24.00 Total standard variable cost per unit $ 108.00The company also established the following cost formulas for itsselling expenses: Fixed Cost per Month Variable Cost per Unit SoldAdvertising $ 230,000 Sales salaries and commissions $ 270,000 $14.00 Shipping expenses $ 4.00 The planning budget for March wasbased on producing and selling 28,000 units. However, during Marchthe company actually produced and sold 33,000 units and incurredthe following costs: a. Purchased 165,000 pounds of raw materialsat a cost of $7.20 per pound. All of this material was used inproduction. b. Direct-laborers worked 87,000 hours at a rate of$17.00 per hour. c. Total variable manufacturing overhead for themonth was $729,060. d. Total advertising, sales salaries andcommissions, and shipping expenses were $233,000, $729,060, and$144,000, respectively.
8. | What is the direct labor rate variance for March? |