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Fixed o/h expenditure variance

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  • June 7, 2011 at 10:27 am #49006
    katieliu
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    I don’t understand the cause of it! it says in the book that favourable fixed o/h variance is because of decrease in price, n seasonal effect. Please explain !

    What price? What effect?

    June 7, 2011 at 5:34 pm #83572
    Anonymous
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    The fixed OH expenditure variance is the difference between:

    (a) What we planned to spend on overheads (budgeted), and (b) what we actually spent on overheads (actual)

    Examples of causes: Price of heating oil increased/decreased (heating), price of electricity increased / decreased (lighting), or some other fixed OH cost changed.

    To elaborate on your example: maybe there was unseasonably warm weather so we spent less on heating oil. Thus, favorable OH expenditure variance.

    June 8, 2011 at 1:51 pm #83573
    John Moffat
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    Good example

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