Question

Piechocki Corporation manufactures and sells a single product. The company uses units as the measure of activity in its budgets and performance reports. During May, the company budgeted for 6,100 units, but its actual level of activity was 6,050 units. The company has provided the following data concerning the formulas used in its budgeting and its actual results for May:

Data used in budgeting:

Fixed element per month Variable element per unit
Revenue - $32.60
Direct labor $0 $3.90
Direct materials 0 12.10
Manufacturing overhead 33,400 1.80
Selling and administrative expenses 28,300 0.40
Total expenses $61,700 $18.20
Actual results for May:


Revenue $200,564
Direct labor $22,786
Direct materials $73,824
Manufacturing overhead $43,922
Selling and administrative expenses $31,896

The direct labor in the planning budget for May would be closest to:_________

a. $23,010
b. $22,633
c. $22,786
d. $23,166

Answer 1

$23,595

Step-by-step explanation:

The computation of the direct labor in the planning budget is shown below:

Direct labor in planning budget is

= Actual level of Activity × Direct labor per unit

= 6,050 × $3.90

= $23,595

For calculating the direct labor in the planning budget we simply multiplied the actual activity level by the direct labor per unit

This is the answer but the same is not provided in the given options