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Variable overhead variance

Forums › Ask ACCA Tutor Forums › Ask the Tutor ACCA MA – FIA FMA › Variable overhead variance

  • This topic has 3 replies, 2 voices, and was last updated 4 years ago by John Moffat.
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  • December 13, 2020 at 6:02 pm #599841
    applessauce
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    Sir I just read through the study text
    And there was this one specific thing about variable overhead vaeiances

    It said that variable overhead variances are usually valued at direct labour input
    But sometimes there could be an instance where it gives units
    And for these instances we have to value the total variable overhead and we can’t find the expenditure and efficiency variances

    Sir i was wondering how do we find the total variable overhead variance when they give it in units instead of hours

    Do we use budgeted units in calculating the variance(I’m assuming we use budgeted units because I remember that in direct material variances we used budgeted units when to find the total variance when they didnt give kg quantity)

    December 14, 2020 at 7:52 am #599873
    John Moffat
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    We use units, but not budgeted units. We are comparing with the flexed budget.

    December 14, 2020 at 4:02 pm #599995
    applessauce
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    Oh ok Thank you very much for clearing this doubt sir

    December 15, 2020 at 8:34 am #600036
    John Moffat
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    You are welcome 🙂

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