Time and Again Company Makes Clocks

question 122

Essay

Time and Again Company makes clocks. The fixed overhead costs for 2017 total $900,000. The company uses direct labor-hours for fixed overhead allocation and anticipates 200,000 hours during the year for 330,000 units. An equal number of units are budgeted for each month.
During June, 32,000 clocks were produced and $72,000 was spent on fixed overhead.
Required:
a.Determine the fixed overhead rate for 2017 based on units of input.
b.Determine the fixed overhead static-budget variance for June.
c.Determine the production-volume overhead variance for June.

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Definitions:

Price Ceiling

A government-imposed limit on how high a price can be charged for a product, service, or resource, usually to protect consumers.

Price Floor

A government or regulatory minimum price that must be paid for a good or service, intended to prevent prices from falling too low.

Shortage

A market condition where demand exceeds supply.

Surplus

A situation where the quantity of a good or service supplied exceeds the quantity demanded, often resulting in excess stock and potential price reductions.