rerhead Variances, Two- And Three-Variance Analyses erstman, Inc., uses a standard costing system and develops its overhead rates from the current annual budget. The budget is based on an expected annual output of 122,000 units requiring 488,000 direct labor hours. (Practical capacity is 508,000 urs.) Annual budgeted overhead costs total $746,640, of which $551,440 is fixed overhead. A total of 119,400 units using 486,000 direct labor hours were produced during the year. Actual variable overhead costs for the year were $241,900, and tual fixed overhead costs were $555,000. equired: Compute overhead variances using a two-variance analysis. udget Variance Unfavorable olume Variance Unfavorable Compute overhead variances using a three-variance analysis. pending Variance Unfavorable fficiency Variance X Unfavorable olume Variance X Unfavorable
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.
![Overhead Variances, Two- And Three-Variance Analyses
Oerstman, Inc., uses a standard costing system and develops its overhead rates from the current annual budget. The budget is based on an expected annual output of 122,000 units requiring 488,000 direct labor hours. (Practical capacity is 508,000
hours.) Annual budgeted overhead costs total $746,640, of which $551,440 is fixed overhead. A total of 119,400 units using 486,000 direct labor hours were produced during the year. Actual variable overhead costs for the year were $241,900, and
actual fixed overhead costs were $555,000.
Required:
1. Compute overhead variances using a two-variance analysis.
Budget Variance
Unfavorable
Volume Variance
X
Unfavorable
2. Compute overhead variances using a three-variance analysis.
Spending Variance
Unfavorable
Efficiency Variance
X
Unfavorable
Volume Variance
X
Unfavorable](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F8f0bf35c-eba0-4184-9b00-a519cc5d9ce1%2Fe52063cf-bbcd-47a0-a10b-43b3da7bb2f3%2Fo9tg58l_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
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