A manufacturer uses activity-based costing to assign overhead cost to products. Budgeted cost information for its activities follows. Budgeted Cost $ 210,600 Activity Cost Driver Purchase orders Square feet Factory services Budgeted Activity Usage 5,400 purchase orders 5,900 square feet 50 Setups Setup Setups Compute an activity rate for each activity. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.) Activity Purchasing Activity Purchasing Factory services Setup 104,250 67,750 Budgeted Cost 210,600 104,250 67,750 $ $ $ Budgeted Activity Usage Activity Rate
Variance Analysis
In layman's terms, variance analysis is an analysis of a difference between planned and actual behavior. Variance analysis is mainly used by the companies to maintain a control over a business. After analyzing differences, companies find the reasons for the variance so that the necessary steps should be taken to correct that variance.
Standard Costing
The standard cost system is the expected cost per unit product manufactured and it helps in estimating the deviations and controlling them as well as fixing the selling price of the product. For example, it helps to plan the cost for the coming year on the various expenses.
The activity rate can be calculated by dividing the total budgeted cost by dividing activity usage. The activity rate is used to calculate the allocated overhead. The other method of allocating overhead is based on a predetermined overhead rate.
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