Feagin Company’s actual variable overhead was $73,000. Actual direct labor hours were 25,000 to make 20,000 finished products. The per-unit standard for direct labor hour is 1.5 hours, and the pre-determined variable overhead rate is $3 per direct labor hour. What were (1) the variable overhead spending variance (2) the variable overhead efficiency variance?
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.
Feagin Company’s actual variable
(1) the variable overhead spending variance
(2) the variable overhead efficiency variance?
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