Max is the clerk for the Superior Construction Company. He makes out the payroll; prepares all of the payroll checks and reconciles the bank statements for the firm. He decides to increase her income by padding the payroll; accordingly, he makes out a check in the name of someone who does not exist. He then endorses the check with the payee’s name and his name and cashes the check himself at Lane Street Bank where the company has its account.
Under the fictitious payee/imposter rule, will Superior and not the bank be liable for this check?

Turrubiates corporation makes a product that uses a material with the following standards standard quantity 8.0 liters per unit standard price $2.50 per liter standard cost $20.00 per unit the company budgeted for production of 3,800 units in april, but actual production was 3,900 units. the company used 32,000 liters of direct material to produce this output. the company purchased 20,100 liters of the direct material at $2.6 per liter. the direct materials purchases variance is computed when the materials are purchased. the materials quantity variance for april is: