Chapter 23, Problem 16QS

To determine

Concept Introduction:

Overhead expense comprises of two elements which are (i) Variable Overheads and (ii) Fixed Overheads.

The difference between the Actual Overheads and Standard Overheads can be of two reasons.

Reason 1 – Difference in volume of production

Reason 2 – Difference in rate of overheads

While the difference in rate is considered as controllable variance, the other is non controllable and it is called as Overhead Volume Variance.

Thus Overhead Cost Variance is sum of Overhead Controllable Variance and Overhead Volume Variance.

The formula for calculating Overhead Cost Variances are as follows:

Overhead Cost Variance (OCV) = Overhead Volume Variance (OVV) + Overhead Controllable/Price Variance (OPV)

Also, OCV = Standard Overhead applied to production – Actual Overhead cost

To determine: Actual the total overhead cost