Question

Scenario #3 (at the CPA tax preparation firm that you own during busy tax season!)
	(Labor Variance Exercise)
You pay your employees by the hour (of work that they "clock")
Last week you paid your employees $1,200 for 80 hours of work
45 tax forms got prepared last week.
The standard time expected per tax form is 2 hours. The standard rate of pay is $20
per hour.
Calculate the labor rate and efficiency variance for last week's output
(including whether these variances are
favorable or unfavorable)
Hint: Set up the 3 columns, AH x AR, AH x SR, SH x SR 1.What you feel could have been the root cause of each of the variances, i.e., price and quantity if you were assigned a materials scenario (#1 or #2) or rate and efficiency if you were assigned the labor scenario (#3) 2.Based on your answers to 1) above, what would you, as a manager or owner, do about it? (Be very specific,

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