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$
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.