Marites Company employs standard absorption system for product costing. The standard cost of this product is as follows: Raw Materials – P14.50; Direct Labor for 2 hours @ P8/hr is P16; Manufacturing overhead for 2 hours @ P11/hr is P22. The total cost/unit (14.50+16+22) = P52.50. The manufacturing overhead rate is based upon normal annual activity level of 600,000 direct labor hours. The company planned to produce 25,000 units each month during 2020. Budgeted factory overhead for 2020 is composed of P3,600,000 variable and P3,000,000 fixed. During April 2021, 26,000 units of product were produced using 53,500 direct labor hours at a cost of P433,350. Actual manufacturing overhead for the month was P260,000 fixed and P315,000 variable. The total manufacturing overhead applied during April was P572,000. The variable overhead spending variance must be:
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.
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Marites Company employs standard absorption system for product costing. The
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