Question

At 60,000 machine hours, Boris Company static budget for variable overhead costs is $180,000. At 60,000 machine hours, the company's static budget for fixed overhead costs is $300,000. Machine hours are the cost driver of all overhead costs. The static budget is based on 60,000 machine hours. At 60,000 machine hours, the company produces 40,000 units. The following data is available:

Actual units produced and sold 42,000
Actual machine hours 64,000
Actual variable overhead costs $185,600
Actual fixed overhead costs $302,400
What is the fixed overhead spending variance?
A) $2,400 Favorable
B) $2,400 Unfavorable
C) $1,000 Unfavorable
D) $1,000 Favorable

Answer 1

$2,400 unfavorable

Step-by-step explanation:

The computation of the fixed overhead spending variance is shown below;

We know that

fixed overhead spending variance = actual fixed overhead - budgeted fixed overhead

= $302,400 - $300,000

= $2,400 unfavorable

As actual fixed overhead is more than the standard fixed overhead so it should be unfavorable else it is favorable