GEN COMBO FINANCIAL & MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING; CONNECT ACCESS CARD
GEN COMBO FINANCIAL & MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING; CONNECT ACCESS CARD
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ISBN: 9781260088830
Author: Jan Williams
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Identify the manner by which labor rate variance will be multiplied from the difference between the actual labor rate and the standard labor rate.

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Option C is the correct answer.

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Labor rate variance usually indicates the extents to which the hourly wages rate that are contributed to deviations from standard costs. Labor rate variance is a part of a total labor variance which is caused due to the difference in the standard hourly rate and the actual. The labor rate variance can be calculated by using the formula:

Labor rate variance = Actual Hours ×(Standard hourly rate- Actual hourly rate)

Therefore, from the given explanation Option C (Actual hours worked during the period) is the correct answer and other options a, b and d is incorrect answer.

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