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A company budgeted to produce 3,000 units of a single product in a period at a budgeted cost per unit as follows:
Direct costs = $17 per unit
Fixed overheads = $9 per unit
Total costs = $26 per unit
In the period covered by the budget, actual production was 3,200 units and actual fixed overhead expenditure was 5% above that budgeted. All other costs were as budgeted. What was the amount, if any, of over- or under-absorption of fixed overhead?
Answer
Fixed overhead absorbed (3,200 units × $9) = $28,800
Fixed overhead incurred ($27,000 × 1.05) = $28,350
Over-absorbed fixed overheads = $450
Why isn’t incurred overhead calculated using the actual overhead expenditure, which was 5% above the budgeted?
Thanks
But it has been calculated using the actual expenditure.
5% above the budget of $27,000 is $28,350.
True, but we used 3000 units when the actual production was 3200 units. Why did we calculate it using 3000 units instead of 3200 units?
Because they originally budgeted on 3,000 units and therefore budgeted on fixed overheads of $27,000.
Total fixed overheads do not change with the level of production, by definition.
