Glacier Bicycle Company manufactures commuter bicycles from recycled materials. The following data for October are available: Quantity of direct labor used 5,000 hrs.
Actual rate for direct labor $22.75 per hr.
Bicycles completed in October 800 bicycles
Standard direct labor per bicycle 6.0 hrs.
Standard rate for direct labor $24.00 per hr.

Requried:
a. Determine for October the direct labor rate variance, direct labor time variance, and total direct labor cost variance.
b. How much direct labor should be debited to Work in Process?

Baskin promotions, inc. sells t-shirts decorated for a variety of concert performers. the company has developed the following budget for the coming year based on a sales forecast of 80,000 t-shirts: sales $ 1,400,000 cost of goods sold 820,000 gross profit 580,000 operating expenses ($100,000 is fixed) 418,400 operating income 161,600 income taxes (30% of operating income) 48,480 net income $ 113,120 cost of goods sold and variable operating expenses vary directly with sales, and the income tax rate is 30% at all levels of operating income. if the concert season is slow due to poor weather, baskin estimates that sales could fall to as low as 60,000 t-shirts. assume baskin actually achieves the 60,000 unit sales level, and that net income actually earned at this level was $70,000. a performance report would indicate that net income was: