Rhine Incorporated Makes a Single Product--A Critical Part Used in Commercial

question 64

Essay

Rhine Incorporated makes a single product--a critical part used in commercial airline seats. The company has a standard cost system in which it applies overhead to this product based on the standard machine-hours allowed for the actual output of the period. Data concerning the most recent year appear below:
Required:
a. Determine the fixed overhead budget variance for the year.
b. Determine the fixed overhead volume variance for the year.

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