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- December 9, 2021 at 6:04 pm #643521
Are these all correct statements regarding basic variance (chap 13 example 1)?
1) Budget cost is the total cost that we expect to happen and it is calculated as:
Budget cost = Budgeted Production units x Standard rate
$591600 = 8700 x $68Is it correct that total budget cost is also called total standard cost (they mean same)?
2) Standard cost is the per-unit cost that we expect to happen which will be used to compare with actual results at the year-end and it is calculated as:
Standard cost = Total Budgeted cost / Total Budgeted Production
Standard cost = $591600 / 8700Is it correct that standard cost per unit is also called standard cost per unit (they mean same)?
3) Actual cost is the total actual cost incurred at the year-end and it is calculated as:
Actual cost = Actual Production units x Standard rate
–605200—-=———–8900—————-x———$684) In all the basic variances we compare the actual cost with standard cost with actual production to see the variance at the year-end.
Actual costs———–605200
Standard costs——-591600
Total variance——–$13600Sorry to ask again but I was confused. Please don’t mind 🙂
December 10, 2021 at 8:41 am #643666That all seems to be correct 🙂
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