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Variance

Forums › Ask ACCA Tutor Forums › Ask the Tutor ACCA PM Exams › Variance

  • This topic has 4 replies, 3 voices, and was last updated 2 years ago by John Moffat.
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  • November 29, 2022 at 2:14 pm #672854
    Isabella1
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    Hello John, I have a question in my mind from several days.
    Like we have Sales Volume Planning and Operation variances or Material Price Planning and Operation Variance.
    Can we have Material Mix variance broken in Material Mix Operational and Planning variance? Or can we have Material yield variance broken into components of Operational and Planning?

    November 29, 2022 at 4:24 pm #672877
    John Moffat
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    No – not in the Paper PM exam 🙂

    December 4, 2022 at 6:28 pm #673363
    Mustafi
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    Hi, iasked in the wromg froum ealier, but is it possible to help with this Question. I have been trying to solve it, and i understand the concept of Operating statement, but not sure how to calculate this Thanks, Mustafi. Thank you for all the videos too.

    Question:
    Operating Statement

    £ £ £
    Budgeted profit 8,000
    Sales volume variance 880 (A)
    7,120
    Selling price variance 3,560 (F)
    10,680
    Cost variances
    A F
    Direct labour – rate 1,086
    efficiency 240
    Fuel Price 420
    Usage 1,280
    Variable overhead expenditure 280
    efficiency 180
    Fixed overhead expenditure 400
    Volume 1,760
    3,880 1,766 2,114(A)
    Actual profit 8,566

    The company uses delivery miles as its cost nit, and the following details have been taken from the budget working papers for April 2022.

    Expected activity
    Charge to customers 200,000 delivery miles
    Expected variable cost per delivery mile £0.30 per delivery mile
    Direct labour (0.02 hours) £0.08
    Fuel (0.1 litres) £0.04
    Variable overhead (0.02 hours) £0.06

    The following additional information has been determined from the actual accounting records for April 2022.
    • Fixed overhead cost
    • Fuel price
    • Direct labour hours
    Required:
    a) Calculate for April 2022
    i. The actual number of delivery miles
    ii. Actual direct labour rate per hour
    iii. The actual number of litres of fuel consumed
    iv. The actual variable overhead expenditure

    December 4, 2022 at 8:05 pm #673369
    Mustafi
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    hi im not sure if u saw the question i uploaded

    December 5, 2022 at 7:56 am #673436
    John Moffat
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    I have seen your question now. We do not sit at the computer 24 hours a day and you posted the question in the middle of the night (my time)!!!

    Sorry, but we do not provide full answers to full questions.

    You must have an answer in the same book in which you found the question, so ask about whatever it is in the answer that you are not clear about and then I will explain.

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