Accurate Tax Returns budgets two direct labor hours for every tax return that it prepares, at a standard cost of $32 an hour. During the most recent year, 540 returns were completed with the labor cost totaling $18,000. The actual labor cost was $33.33 per hour during that period. The actual number of labor hours was 1,100. What is the direct labor cost variance? O A. $1,463 U O B. $720 F OC. $35,200 U O D. $35,200 F
Accurate Tax Returns budgets two direct labor hours for every tax return that it prepares, at a standard cost of $32 an hour. During the most recent year, 540 returns were completed with the labor cost totaling $18,000. The actual labor cost was $33.33 per hour during that period. The actual number of labor hours was 1,100. What is the direct labor cost variance? O A. $1,463 U O B. $720 F OC. $35,200 U O D. $35,200 F
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![Accurate Tax Returns budgets two direct labor hours for every tax return that it prepares, at a standard cost of $32 an hour. During the most recent year, 540 returns were completed with the labor cost totaling $18,000. The actual labor cost was
$33.33 per hour during that period. The actual number of labor hours was 1,100. What is the direct labor cost variance?
O A. $1,463 U
O B. $720 F
OC. $35,200 U
O D. $35,200 F](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F588b1606-a7cb-492f-b2c1-78dc429479a1%2Fa642b124-cf70-4ebc-8854-095244845c76%2Fvkik94e_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:Accurate Tax Returns budgets two direct labor hours for every tax return that it prepares, at a standard cost of $32 an hour. During the most recent year, 540 returns were completed with the labor cost totaling $18,000. The actual labor cost was
$33.33 per hour during that period. The actual number of labor hours was 1,100. What is the direct labor cost variance?
O A. $1,463 U
O B. $720 F
OC. $35,200 U
O D. $35,200 F
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