Question

Bailey Company's flexible budget cost formula for indirect materials, a variable cost, is $0.60 per unit of output. If the company's performance report for last month shows an $800 favorable spending variance for indirect materials and if 9,000 units of output were produced last month, then the actual costs incurred for indirect materials for the month must have been:

Answer 1

Answer:

$4,600

Explanation:

Standard rate = $0.60

Unit produced = 9,000

Favorable spending variance = $800

Material spending variance = [Standard rate - Actual rate) * Unit produced

Material spending variance = [Standard rate*Unit produced - Actual rate*Unit produced

$800 = [$0.6*9000) - Actual cost

Actual cost = [$0.6*9000) - $800

Actual cost = $5,400 - $800

Actual cost = $4,600