“Nyman Painting Contractors specializes in providing painting services to support residential remodeling projects. Nyman bids jobs based on the following cost assumptions: “
| Nyman Painting Contractors specializes in providing painting
services to support residential remodeling projects. Nyman bids jobs based on the following cost
assumptions: | |||||||
| 1 gallon of paint will cover 450 square feet of interior wall space. | |||||||
| 300 square feet can be painted in 1 hour. | |||||||
| 1 gallon of paint costs $25. | |||||||
| 1 hour of direct labor costs $17. | |||||||
| The Sanchez residence was recently repainted. The job consisted of 18,000 square feet of interior wall space. Nyman received a $1 per gallon discount, and a total of $984 was expended for paint. Nyman paid $1,107 for direct labor. The painters took exactly 61.5 hours to paint the residence. | |||||||
| (a) | Calculate variances for direct material and direct labor. | ||||||
| (b) | Prepare journal entries to record the acquisition and utilization of materials and labor (variances are recorded into the accounts). | ||||||