Fixed Overhead Variances
Petra Company uses standard costs for cost control and internal
reporting. Fixed costs are budgeted at $40,000 per month at a
normal operating level of 10,000 units of production output. During
October, actual fixed costs were $45,000 and actual production
output was 12,000 units
a. Determine the fixed overhead budget variance.
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b. Assume that the company applied fixed overhead to production
on a per-unit basis. Determine the fixed overhead volume
variance.
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a. Fixed overhead budget variance = Actual Fixed Cost - Budgeted Fixed Cost
= $45,000 - $40,000
= $5,000 Unfavoravble
b. If Comapny applied fixed overhead to production on a per unit basis, then
Standard Fixed cost per Unit = Budgeted Cost / Budgeted Unit
= $40,000 / 10,000 units = $4 per unit
Standard Fixed cost = Standard cost per unit x Actual Unit
= $4 X 12,000 = $48,000
Now, Fixed Overhead Volume Variance = Budgeted Fixed Cost - Standard Fixed cost
= $40,000 - $48,000
= $(8,000) favorable
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