rt of variable overhead. For March, assume that it incurred the following unit costs: Direct materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $500 Variable overhead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440 Fixed overhead. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 The 100 units of beginning inventory for March had an absorption costing value of $90,000 and a variable costing value of $76,000. For March, assume that Bondware Inc. produced 500 units and sold 540 units. Required Compute Bondware's March amount of ending inventory u
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.
Bondware Inc. has a highly automated assembly line that uses ve1y little direct labor. Therefore, direct labor is part of variable
Direct materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $500
Variable overhead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440
Fixed overhead. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
The 100 units of beginning inventory for March had an absorption costing value of $90,000 and a variable costing value of $76,000. For March, assume that Bondware Inc. produced 500 units and sold 540 units.
Required
Compute Bondware's March amount of ending inventory under both absorption and variable costing if the FIFO inventory method was used.
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