standard costing fixed overhead variances

BUDGET                                                                                            ACTUAL

fixed overhead for june  rs 10000                                            rs 12000

production in june(units) 2000                                                    2100

std time per unit (hours)  10      

actual hours worked                                                                         22000

compute 

fixed overhead cost variance

expenditure variance

volume variance

 

pls help me..  

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Solution:

 

Fixed Overhead Cost Variance= Absorbed Overheads – Actual Overheads

 

Or

 

Actual Output X Standard Fixed Overhead rate per unit – Actual Output X Actual Fixed Overhead rate per unit

 

Standard Fixed Overhead rate per unit = Budgeted Overheads / Budgeted Output

 

10000/2000= Rs. 5 per unit

 

Actual Fixed Overhead rate per unit = Actual Overheads/ Actual Output

 

12000/2100= 5.714

 

Applying above formula:

 

Fixed Overhead Cost Variance = 2100 X 5 – 2100 X 5.714 = 1499.4 (Adverse)

 

Fixed Overhead Expenditure Variance = Budgeted Overhead – Actual Overhead

 

Or

 

Budgeted Output X Standard Fixed Overhead rate per unit – Actual Output X Actual Fixed Overhead rate per unit.

 

Applying above formula:

 

Fixed Overhead Exp Variance = 2000 X 5 – 2100 X 5.714 = 1999.4 (Adverse)

 

Fixed Overhead Volume Variance = Absorbed Overheads – Budgeted Overheads

 

Or

 

Actual Output X Standard Fixed Overhead rate per unit – Budgeted Output X Standard Fixed Overhead rate per unit

 

Applying above formula:

 

Fixed Overhead Volume Variance =  2100 X 5 – 2000 X 5 = 500 (Favourable)

 

Check: FOHCV= FOHVV+FOHEXPV= 2000 (Adverse)+500 (Favourable)= 1500 (Adverse)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note:

 

  1. Fixed Overhead Cost Variance & Fixed Overhead Expenditure Variance is in decimals due to approximation.
  2. This problem have been solved using Output approach, however other approach is to solve through Hour approach.  This is the reason that actual hours worked 22000 and Std time per unit 10 hrs not used while solving question.

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