The Difference Between the Actual Amount of Variable Overhead Incurred

question 105

Multiple Choice

The difference between the actual amount of variable overhead incurred and the budget amount allowed for actual output achieved is

• A) the flexible budget variance.
• B) the variable overhead rate variance.
• C) the price variance.
• D) the sales-volume variance.
• E) the efficiency variance.

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