Botosan Factory has budgeted factory overhead for the year at $614,520, and budgeted direct labor hours for the year are 284,500. If the actual direct labor hours for the month of May are 258,900, the overhead allocated for May is Oa. $475,340 Ob. $559,224 Oc. $576,001 Od. $676,661
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.
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![Botosan Factory has budgeted factory overhead for the year at $614,520, and budgeted direct labor hours for the year are 284,500. If the actual direct labor hours for the month of
May are 258,900, the overhead allocated for May is
Oa. $475,340
Ob. $559,224
Oc. $576,001
Od. $676,661](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Fd57b7bd0-b370-4b8a-8394-d17f179298c2%2Faf16f9cd-cfcd-4ea2-93e6-d60c5a131bf8%2Fvwuqvjb_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
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