A company producing a standard product is facing declining sales and dwindling profits. It has therefore decided to introduce a standard cost system to control cost. To motivate workers to improve the productivity, the management has also decided to introduce an incentive scheme under which employees are paid 20% of the standard cost of materials saved and also 40% of the labour time saved valued at standard labour rate.

The following are the details of the standard cost of the product. Standard Cost Per Unit

Particulars

Amount Rs.

Direct material: 10 kg @ Rs.12 each

120

Direct labour: 3 hours @ Rs.10 each

30

Variable overheads: 3 hours @ Rs.5 each

15

Fixed overheads [based on a budgeted

25

output of 10000 units]

 

Total standard cost per unit

190

Selling price per unit Rs.240

 

During one particular month 9600 units of the product were manufactured and sold incurring the following actual cost:

Particulars

Amount Rs.

Direct materials 90000 kg

1210000

Direct labour 25000 hours

254000

Variable overheads 25000 hours

147000

Fixed overheads

250000

Total cost

1861000

Net profit

419000

Sales

2280000

Required: A]Variances that occurred during the month, duly reconciling the standard profits of actual

production with actual profits. B] Bonus amount earned by the workers during the month under incentive scheme.