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

  • This topic has 3 replies, 3 voices, and was last updated 11 years ago by AvatarJohn Moffat.
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  • June 9, 2014 at 8:36 am #175329
    Avataryaaseen
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    A company uses a standard absorption costing system. The following details have been extracted from its budget for April.

    Fixed production overheads cost $48000
    production 4800 units

    In April the fixed production overheads cost was under absorbed by $8000 and the fixed production overhead expenditure variance was $2000 adverse.

    the actual number of units produced was
    A 3800 B4200 C 4800 D 5800

    I don’t know how to proceed with it ^^

    June 9, 2014 at 9:15 am #175336
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    firstly, find out the budget absorb rate=48000/4800=$10 per unit
    then, assume x=actual units produced, $10 times x = actual overheads absorbed

    budget is $48k, and variance is $2k adverse, indicates actual overheads is $50k
    under absorbed by $8k, indicates actual overheads absorbed is $42k (=50-8)

    combine the two above, you’ll find x=4200 units

    for for reference

    June 9, 2014 at 10:32 am #175346
    Avataryaaseen
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    Thank you 🙂

    June 9, 2014 at 10:51 am #175353
    AvatarJohn Moffat
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    yasseen: estyle is correct 🙂

    Estyle: Please don’t answer questions in this forum – it is the Ask the Tutor forum, and you are not the tutor 🙂
    Please restrict yourself to answering in the general F2 forum.

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