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(Alternatively: Budgeted hours of work = 16,000 units × 0.25 hours per unit = 4,000
hours.)
Fixed production overhead expenditure variance
$
Budgeted fixed overhead expenditure
96,000
Actual fixed overhead expenditure
98,500
Fixed overhead expenditure variance
2,500
(A)
Fixed production overhead volume variance
units
Budgeted production volume 16,000
Actual production volume 15,700
Volume variance in units
300
(A)
Standard fixed overhead rate per unit
$6
Fixed production overhead volume variance in $
$1,800
(A)
Fixed overhead efficiency variance
hours
15,700 units should take (× 0.25 hours)
3,925
They did take 4,200
Efficiency variance in hours
275
(A)
Standard fixed overhead rate per hour
$24
Fixed overhead efficiency variance in $
$6,600
(A)
Fixed overhead capacity variance
hours
Budgeted hours of wor
4,000
Actual hours of wor
4,200
Capacity variance in hours
200
(F)
Standard fixed overhead rate per hour
$24
Fixed overhead capacity variance in $
$4,800
(F)
Exercise 6
Sales price variance
$
39,200 units should sell for (× $20) 784,000
They did sell for
802,300
Sales price variance
18,300
(F)
Sales volume profit variance
units
Actual sales volume (units) 39,200
Budgeted sales volume (units) 42,000
Sales volume variance in units
2,800
(A)
Standard profit per unit ($20 – $16 = $4)
$4
Sales volume profit variance $11,200
(A)
Exercise 7
Direct labour rate variance
$
1,240 hours should cost (× $16)
19,840
They did cost ?
Direct labour rate variance
1,700
(F)