Managerial Accounting: Creating Value in a Dynamic Business Environment
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Author: HILTON, Ronald
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Chapter 11, Problem 26E
The following data are the actual results for Marvelous Marshmallow Company for October.
Required:
- 1. Use any of the methods explained in the chapter to compute the following variances. Indicate whether each variance is favorable or unfavorable, where appropriate.
- a. Variable-
overhead spending variance. - b. Variable-overhead efficiency variance.
- c. Fixed-overhead
budget variance . - d. Fixed-overhead volume variance.
- a. Variable-
- 2. Build a spreadsheet: Construct an Excel spreadsheet to solve the preceding requirement. Show how the solution will change if the following information changes: actual output was 9,100 cases, and actual variable overhead was $395,000.
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Managerial Accounting: Creating Value in a Dynamic Business Environment
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