Question

Speaker City designs and manufactures high-end home theater speakers. Speaker City uses a standard overhead rate of 2.0 hours per unit at a cost of $8.00 per hour. Data for the month of June shows that Speaker City produced 400 units and recorded actual overhead costs of $24,500. What is the total variable overhead variance for the month of June?

Answer 1

Answer:

$18,100 unfavorable

Explanation:

The computation of the total variable overhead variance is shown below:

Total variable overhead variance = Standard variable overhead cost - Actual variable overhead cost

where,

Standard variable overhead cost is

= 2 hours × 400 units × $8 per hour

= $6,400

And, the actual variable overhead cost is $24,500

So, the  total variable overhead variance is

= $6,400 - $24,500

= $18,100 unfavorable

Since the actual variable overhead cost exceeds then the standard variable overhead cost so it reflects the unfavorable variance