• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
Free ACCA & CIMA online courses from OpenTuition

Free ACCA & CIMA online courses from OpenTuition

Free Notes, Lectures, Tests and Forums for ACCA and CIMA exams

  • ACCA
  • CIMA
  • FIA
  • OBU
  • Books
  • Forums
  • Ask AI
  • Search
  • Register
  • Login
  • ACCA Forums
  • Ask ACCA Tutor
  • CIMA Forums
  • Ask CIMA Tutor
  • FIA
  • OBU
  • Buy/Sell Books
  • All Forums
  • Latest Topics

June 2025 ACCA Exams

How was your exam? Comments & Instant poll >>

20% off ACCA & CIMA Books

OpenTuition recommends the new interactive BPP books for September 2025 exams.
Get your discount code >>

CH-13 EXAMPLE 1

Forums › Ask ACCA Tutor Forums › Ask the Tutor ACCA PM Exams › CH-13 EXAMPLE 1

  • This topic has 3 replies, 2 voices, and was last updated 12 years ago by John Moffat.
Viewing 4 posts - 1 through 4 (of 4 total)
  • Author
    Posts
  • May 17, 2013 at 12:07 pm #125793
    soruh
    Member
    • Topics: 9
    • Replies: 31
    • ☆

    Dear Professor Moffat,

    I have questions regarding volume variance, how can 3000 be favorable?
    Same question for capacity variance, how is 1800 favorable?

    Can you please explain these to me, sir?

    Peace be upon you

    May 17, 2013 at 5:34 pm #125823
    John Moffat
    Keymaster
    • Topics: 57
    • Replies: 54684
    • ☆☆☆☆☆

    It is because we have compared with a flexed budget (because we have used absorption costing) and because we produced more units than we budgeted, the flexed budget has charged too much fixed overheads. So the actual profit will be higher, hence the favourable variance.

    The quick was of getting it right is to say we produced more units, that’s good, so its variable 🙂

    These days it is not so likely that you will be asked fixed overhead variances because they are assumed knowledge from Paper F2.

    May 19, 2013 at 8:32 am #126017
    soruh
    Member
    • Topics: 9
    • Replies: 31
    • ☆

    Thank you sir, for clearing that up.

    Peace be upon you

    May 19, 2013 at 8:55 am #126026
    John Moffat
    Keymaster
    • Topics: 57
    • Replies: 54684
    • ☆☆☆☆☆

    You are welcome 🙂

  • Author
    Posts
Viewing 4 posts - 1 through 4 (of 4 total)
  • You must be logged in to reply to this topic.
Log In

Primary Sidebar

Donate
If you have benefited from our materials, please donate

ACCA News:

ACCA My Exam Performance for non-variant

Applied Skills exams is available NOW

ACCA Options:  “Read the Mind of the Marker” articles

Subscribe to ACCA’s Student Accountant Direct

ACCA CBE 2025 Exams

How was your exam, and what was the exam result?

BT CBE exam was.. | MA CBE exam was..
FA CBE exam was.. | LW CBE exam was..

Donate

If you have benefited from OpenTuition please donate.

PQ Magazine

Latest Comments

  • EricObi on IAS 37 – Best estimate – ACCA Financial Reporting (FR)
  • Ken Garrett on The nature and structure of organisations – ACCA Paper BT
  • John Moffat on MA Chapter 4 Questions Cost Classification and Behaviour
  • maryrena77 on The nature and structure of organisations – ACCA Paper BT
  • vi234 on MA Chapter 4 Questions Cost Classification and Behaviour

Copyright © 2025 · Support · Contact · Advertising · OpenLicense · About · Sitemap · Comments · Log in