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FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING

10th Edition

ISBN:9781259964947

Author:Libby

Publisher:Libby

Chapter1: Financial Statements And Business Decisions

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Hogan Tax Company considers 6,000 direct labor hours or 300 tax returns its normal monthly capacity. Its standard variable overhead rate is $9 per direct labor hour. During the current month, $45,400 of variable overhead cost was incurred in working 5,600 direct labor hours to prepare 270 tax returns. Determine the following variances, and indicate whether each is favorable or unfavorable:

Determine the following variances:

Do not use negative signs with any of your answers. Next to each variance answer, select either "F" for Favorable or "U" for Unfavorable.

Variable Overhead Variances
Actual cost:	Answer
Split cost:	Answer
Standard cost:	Answer
a. Variable overhead spending	Answer	Answer
b. Variable overhead efficiency	Answer	Answer

Definition Definition System of assigning an estimated cost to the product (instead of the actual cost) so that the product cost can be determined well in advance and the pricing of the product can be done on time. Since the actual cost cannot be predicted at the initial stage of the production process, the estimated cost is recorded in the books. Any deviation of the estimated cost of the actual cost is adjusted in the books at the end of the period.

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