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Cost Management: A Strategic Emphasis 5th Edition by David Stout, Edward Blocher, Gary Cokins

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Cost Management: A Strategic Emphasis 5th Edition by David Stout, Edward Blocher, Gary Cokins

Edition 5ISBN: 0073526940
Exercise 40

Overhead: Four-Variance Analysis The following information is available from Swinney Company for December:

Total factory overhead incurred

$40,000

Variable overhead expenses, incurred

$24,150

Fixed overhead expenses, budgeted

$18,000

Direct labor hours (DLH) worked

4,200

Standard direct labor hours allowed for the units manufactured

4,000

Practical capacity, in direct labor hours

4,500

Standard variable overhead rate per DLH

$5.00

Swinney uses direct labor hours to apply factory overhead.

Required Use the framework presented in Exhibit 15.7 to compute the following for the month of

December:

1. Variable overhead spending variance.


2. Variable overhead efficiency variance.


3. Fixed overhead spending (budget) variance.


4. Fixed overhead production-volume variance.


5. Total overhead variance.

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Fixed overhead variance is the difference between overhead budgeted and actual overhead at the end. Fixed overhead variance includes following variances.

Spending (budget) variance

Production volume variance

Flexible budget variance


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