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Problem 11-36 Standard Hours Allowed; Flexible Budget; Multiple Products; Insurance Company (LO 11- 1, 11-2, 11-4) Gibralter Insurance Company uses a flexible overhead budget for its application-processing department. The firm offers five types of policies, with the following standard hours allowed for clerical processing.     Automobile  1 hour Renter's  1 hour Homeowner's 2 hours Health  2 hours Life  5 hours The following numbers of insurance applications were processed during July.     Automobile   310  Renter's   260  Homeowner's  160  Health   460  Life   260  The controller estimates that the variable-overhead rate in the application- processing department is $3.00 per clerical hour, and that fixed-overhead costs will amount to $2,600 per month. Required: 1.  How many standard clerical hours are allowed in July, given actual application activity? 2.  Why would it not be sensible to base the company’s flexible budget on the number of applications processed instead of the number of clerical hours allowed? 3.  Construct a formula flexible overhead budget for the company. 4.  What is the flexible budget for total overhead cost in July?
  Explanation 1.   Standard Hours per   Standard Policy type Application Actual ActivityHours Allowed Automobile   1     310    310 
Renter's   1     260    260  Homeowner's  2     160    320  Health   2     460    920  Life   5     260    1,300  Total               3,110  2. The different types of applications require different amounts of clerical time, and variable overhead cost is related to the use of clerical time. Therefore, basing the flexible budget on the number of applications would give a misleading estimate of overhead costs. For example, processing 160 life insurance applications will entail much more overhead cost than processing 160 automobile insurance applications.   3. Formula flexible budget: Total budgeted monthly overhead cost = (budgeted variable overhead cost per clerical hour) × (total clerical hours) + budgeted fixed overhead cost per month Total budgeted monthly overhead cost = ($3.00 ×  X ) + $2,600 where  X  denotes total clerical time in hours. 4. Budgeted overhead cost for July = ($3.00 × 3,110) + $2,600   = $11,930
Problem 11-39 Budgets and Performance Evaluation (LO 11-1, 11-6) Johnson Electrical produces industrial ventilation fans. The company plans to manufacture 78,000 fans evenly over the next quarter at the following costs: direct material, $1,950,000; direct labor, $546,000; variable production overhead, $581,100; and fixed production overhead, $930,000. The $930,000 amount includes $93,000 of straight-line depreciation and $117,000 of supervisory salaries. Shortly after the conclusion of the quarter’s first month, Johnson reported the following costs:     Direct material $ 573,500  Direct labor   174,600  Variable production overhead   198,000  Depreciation   31,000  Supervisory salaries   42,500  Other fixed production overhead  239,000  Total $1,258,600  Dave Kellerman and his crews turned out 22,000 fans during the month—a remarkable feat given that the firm’s manufacturing plant was closed for several days because of storm damage and flooding. Kellerman was especially pleased with the fact that overall financial performance for the period was favorable when compared with the budget. His pleasure, however, was very short-lived, as Johnson’s general manager issued a stern warning that performance must improve, and improve quickly, if Kellerman had any hopes of keeping his job. Required: 2.  Which of the two budgets would be more useful when planning the company’s cash needs over a range of activity? 3.  Prepare a performance report that compares static budget and actual costs for the period just ended (i.e., the report that Kellerman likely used when assessing his performance). 4.  Prepare a performance report that compares flexible budget and actual costs for the period just ended (i.e., the report that the general manager likely used when assessing Kellerman’s performance).
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