Expressing Each Item Within a Financial Statement as a Percentage

question 103

Short Answer

Expressing each item within a financial statement as a percentage of a base amount is called ______________ analysis.

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Definitions:

Variable Overhead Efficiency Variance

The difference between the actual variable overhead incurred and the expected (standard) overhead based on the efficient use of resources.

Variable Overhead Rate Variance

The difference between the actual variable overhead costs incurred and the expected costs at the standard variable overhead rate.

Standard Variable Overhead Rate

A predetermined rate used in costing to allocate variable manufacturing overhead to individual units of production based on a standard amount of an allocation base, such as direct labor hours or machine hours.

Direct Labor-hours

A measure of the amount of time spent by workers who are directly involved in the manufacturing process.