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Variance analysis

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  • This topic has 1 reply, 2 voices, and was last updated 6 years ago by AvatarJohn Moffat.
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  • July 11, 2019 at 3:38 pm #522634
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    The standard raw material cost for a unit of production is 2kg at $4 per kg.Purchases for a period were 13,000 kg at an actual cost of $4.50 per kg.Raw material inventories valued at standard cost,increased by $8000 in the period.Budgeted production for the period was 6000 units but actual production was only 5000 units

    Ans: $4000 Adverse

    Can you help me with this sir?

    July 12, 2019 at 7:20 am #522697
    AvatarJohn Moffat
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    You have not said what the question asked for. I guess it would have asked for the materials usage variance.

    The actually bought 13,000 kg, but 2,000 kg ($8,000/$4) were used to increase inventory so only 11,000 kg were used in production.

    The standard usage for the actual production is 5,000 units a 2 kg = 10,000 kg.

    Therefore they used 1,000 kg more than they should have, and therefore the variance is 1,000 x $4 = $4,000 adverse.

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