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Question - Orion Inc. uses a standard costing system. Overhead costs are applied based on direct labour hours. Budgeted data for January are as follows:
Static Budget
Units Produced 126,000
Direct Labour Hours 56,700
Total Budgeted Manufacturing Overhead Costs $130,410
Predetermined Fixed Manufacturing Overhead Rate $2.00 per DLH
Actual data for January are as follows:
Actual
Units Produced 115,000
Direct Labour Hours 55,000
Variable Overhead Costs $15,250
Fixed Overhead Costs $115,200
Required -
1. What is the rate variance for variable overhead.
2. What is the efficiency variance for variable overhead?
3. What is the Rate variance for fixed overhead?
4. What is the Production volume variance for fixed overhead?
5. Using your answers to questions 3 and 4 above:
a. explain the rate and production volume variances (descriptive analytics).
b. explain why these variances may have occurred (diagnostic analytics).