Financial & Managerial Accounting
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ISBN: 9781337119207
Author: Carl Warren, James M. Reeve, Jonathan Duchac
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 22, Problem 6DQ
To determine
Direct labor variances:
The difference between the actual labor cost in the production and the
- Labor rate variance.
- Labor time variance.
To Discuss: Whether the controller’s remark was correct.
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