Sedona Company set the following standard costs for one unit of its product for
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Question
Sedona Company set the following standard costs for one unit of its product for 2017.
The $5.60 ($4.00 + $1.60) total overhead rate per direct labor hour is based on an expected operating level equal to 75% of the factory's capacity of 50,000 units per month. The following monthly flexible budget information is also available.
During the current month, the company operated at 70% of capacity, employees worked 340,000 hours, and the following actual overhead costs were incurred.
AH = Actual Hours
SH = Standard Hours
AVR = Actual Variable Rate
SVR = Standard Variable Rate
SFR = Standard Fixed Rate
Explanation / Answer
1 Spending Variance =Actual Hours *( Actual Rate -Standard Rate ) 99,586 Actual Variable Cost Standard Variable Cost AH * AVR AH * SVR 340000 5.89 340000 5.60 total 2,003,600.00 total Efficiency Variance= Std Rate*( Actual Hours-Stand Hrs) -196000 Actual Variable Cost Standard Variable Cost AH * SR SH * SR 340000 5.60 375000 5.60 total 1,904,000.00 total Variable Cost Variance (96,400.00) Favourable 2 Fixed Overhead Spending Variance Actual fixed overhead - Budgeted fixed overhead = Fixed overhead spending variance 628600 - 600000 28600 Unfavourable Fixed Overhead Volume Variance Actual Units ( SH -Act Rate) 628600 544000 84600 Unfavourable TOTAL Fixed Cost Variance 113200 Unfavourable 3 Controllable Variance FO Spending Variance 28600 Unfavourable Variable Overhead Spending Variance 99,586 Unfavourable Variable Overhead Efficiency Variance (196,000.00) favourable -67814 favourable