The following information is available for the Danske Company. Denominator hours for May Actual hours worked during May Standard hours allowed for May Flexible budget fixed overhead cost Actual fixed overhead costs for May Danske Company had total underapplied overhead of $20,000. Additional information is as follows: Variable Overhead: Applied based on standard direct labor hours allowed Budgeted based on standard direct labor hours Fixed Overhead: Applied based on standard direct labor hours allowed Budgeted based on standard direct labor hours. 20,000 18,100 14,000 $60,000 $64,000 What is the fixed overhead price (spending) variance for May? $52,000 43,000 $40,000 32,000
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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