Question

Factory Overhead Cost Variances

The following data relate to factory overhead cost for the production of 8,000 computers:

Actual:	Variable factory overhead	$190,100
	Fixed factory overhead	45,500
Standard:	8,000 hrs. at $28	224,000

If productive capacity of 100% was 13,000 hours and the factory overhead cost budgeted at the level of 8,000 standard hours was $241,500, determine the variable factory overhead Controllable Variance, fixed factory overhead volume variance, and total factory overhead cost variance. The fixed factory overhead rate was $3.5 per hour. Enter a favorable variance as a negative number using a minus sign and an unfavorable variance as a positive number.

Variance	Amount	Favorable/Unfavorable
Controllable variance	$
Volume variance	$
Total factory overhead cost variance:	$

Answer 1

Use minus sign for controllable variance i.e( - 5,900 Favorable )