Wharton Tooling Uses a Standard Cost System to Account for the Costs

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Essay

Wharton Tooling uses a standard cost system to account for the costs of its one product.Variable overhead standards are 14 hours of labor at a standard rate of $9.Fixed overhead is applied at a rate of $150 per unit,based on budgeted production of 650 units.During July,Wharton Tooling produced 600 units.Payroll totaled $112,930 for 8,770 hours worked.Overhead incurred was $77,490 variable and $98,750 fixed.Calculate the:
a.variable overhead rate variance.
b.variable overhead efficiency variance.
c.fixed overhead spending variance.

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Definitions:

10 Units

A quantifiable amount often used in medical dosing or measurement, where the unit of measure should be specified for clarity (e.g., insulin units, milliliters).

Ounce

A unit of weight in the avoirdupois system, equivalent to 28.3495 grams, commonly used in the United States and the United Kingdom.

16 Oz

A unit of weight or volume in the Imperial and U.S. customary systems, equivalent to one pound or about 0.473 liters.

Centi-

A prefix used in the metric system denoting a factor of one hundredth (1/100) of a unit.