Erie Co Uses Machine Hours to Apply Standard Overhead Cost to to Production

question 99

Essay

Erie Co. uses machine hours to apply standard overhead cost to production. The following data pertain to October: Required: Compute the following variances using machine hours as the activity variable used to assign standard overhead costs to production. Show calculations.
1. Variable overhead spending variance
2. Variable overhead efficiency variance
3. Fixed overhead spending variance
4. Fixed overhead production-volume variance

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Definitions:

Price Floor

A government or regulatory-imposed minimum price for a good or service, intended to prevent prices from falling below a certain level.

Shortage

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Subsidy

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Selling Price

The amount of money that a seller charges for a product or service.