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Fixed overhead budget variance is the variance which measures the difference between actual fixed overhead incurred and the budgeted fixed overhead. If budgeted fixed overhead is more than the actual fixed overhead incurred then the variance is favorable and if budgeted fixed overhead is less than the actual fixed overhead incurred then the variance is unfavorable. It is calculated as follows-
Fixed overhead volume variance-
Fixed overhead volume variance is the variance which measures the difference between the budgeted fixed overhead and the actual fixed overhead in terms of predetermined fixed overhead rate. If actual fixed overhead calculated is more than the budgeted fixed overhead then the variance is favorable and if actual fixed overhead calculated is less than the budgeted fixed overhead then the variance is unfavorable.
To compute:
Fixed overhead budget variance and fixed overhead volume variance

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