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cost variance due to price and usage factors

Forums › FIA Forums › MA2 Managing Costs and Finance Forums › cost variance due to price and usage factors

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  • July 7, 2020 at 6:06 pm #576275
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    a product has a budgeted direct material cost of 5$ per unit.In a period,production of the product was
    budget 9000 units
    actual 8800
    44380 was incurred on direct materials for period’s production
    the total cost variance due to price and usage factors?
    shouldn’t it be 1380$

    July 8, 2020 at 8:19 am #576305
    Ken Garrett
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    Variable cost variances are calculated by comparing actual costs to flexed budget costs. Ie, for the output achieved what should the cost have been? The original budgeted output is not relevant.

    8800 units should cost 8800 x 5 = 44,000

    They did cost 44380.

    Varaince = 380 Adverse

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