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The amount by which actual costs exceed the standard costs or budgeted costs. Also, the amount by which actual revenues are less than the budgeted revenues.

What is an unfavorable variance? Author: Harold Averkamp, CPA, MBA Definition of a Variance In accounting the term variance usually refers to the difference between an actual amount and a planned or budgeted amount. For...

of $7,700 Based on the above information, the company’s will be reported as shown here: Revenues variance: ($1,500). The amount is a negative or unfavorable variance because the actual revenues were $28,500 instead of...

Our Explanation of Standard Costing uses an easy-to-relate to example for illustrating a manufacturer's standard costs and variances. Also provided is a chart which indicates each variance, what it tells you, and where...

materials is used. Finished Goods Wrong. 13. If the amount of a company's good output is less than the amount required to absorb its fixed manufacturing overhead costs, which variance will be unfavorable? Budget...

statements? Why do manufacturers use standard costs? What does the direct labor efficiency variance tell us? What do overabsorbed and underabsorbed mean? What is the production volume variance? What is a BOM? What...

Budgetary slack means providing a cushion in a budget in order to avoid an unfavorable variance at the end of the budget year. The budgetary slack might be achieved by entering budget expense amounts that are larger than...

$48,000 of materials. The variance analysis may include the following: There is an $8,000 unfavorable variance which needs to be analyzed The $8,000 variance can be separated into a price variance and a quantity...

is opportunity cost? What is a dependent variable? How can a manufacturer determine the precise cost of its products? What is a favorable variance? What is an independent variable? Should a manufacturer's selling...

the general ledger accounts for its inventories and cost of goods sold contain $2 per pound for the materials and its materials purchase price variance account contains an unfavorable variance of $600,000 [1,000,000 X...

Our Explanation of Standard Costing uses an easy-to-relate to example for illustrating a manufacturer's standard costs and variances. Also provided is a chart which indicates each variance, what it tells you, and where...

the quantity of materials that should have been used to make the good output. In other words, the actual quantity of materials used to make the good output was different from the standard quantity of materials that...

Our Explanation of Standard Costing uses an easy-to-relate to example for illustrating a manufacturer's standard costs and variances. Also provided is a chart which indicates each variance, what it tells you, and where...

period costs? Why is manufacturing overhead allocated to products? What do overabsorbed and underabsorbed mean? Are insurance premiums a fixed cost? What is an indirect cost? What causes an unfavorable fixed overhead...

Our Explanation of Standard Costing uses an easy-to-relate to example for illustrating a manufacturer's standard costs and variances. Also provided is a chart which indicates each variance, what it tells you, and where...

. However, accountants refer to this unfavorable cost variance as a materials purchase price variance. Join PRO to Track Progress Mark the Question as Read Must-Watch Video Learn How to Advance Your Accounting and...

. If the company actually produces 29,000 standard machine hours of good output, the output (products) will be assigned (or will have absorbed) $290,000 of the fixed manufacturing overhead. This will cause an unfavorable...

What is the meaning of pro rata? Author: Harold Averkamp, CPA, MBA Pro rata is a Latin term that means in proportion. Pro rata is related to prorate, a term used in cost accounting. To illustrate the term pro rata,...

Our Explanation of Standard Costing uses an easy-to-relate to example for illustrating a manufacturer's standard costs and variances. Also provided is a chart which indicates each variance, what it tells you, and where...

expenses of $157,000 = total actual expenses of $508,000. The department’s total flexible budget variance is $4,000 favorable since the actual expenses of $508,000 were less than the flexible budget of $512,000. Note...

Our Explanation of Standard Costing uses an easy-to-relate to example for illustrating a manufacturer's standard costs and variances. Also provided is a chart which indicates each variance, what it tells you, and where...

was $800, the company had a cost variance of $150. When the actual cost is more than the budgeted amount, the cost variance is said to be unfavorable. When an actual cost is less than the budgeted amount, the cost...

A term used with standard costs to report a difference between actual costs and standard costs. To learn more, see Explanation of Standard Costing.

What is a favorable variance? Author: Harold Averkamp, CPA, MBA Definition of a Variance In accounting the term variance usually refers to the difference between an actual amount and a planned or budgeted amount. For...

What is a budget variance? Author: Harold Averkamp, CPA, MBA A budget variance results when an actual amount is different from a planned or budgeted amount. A budget variance can occur for revenues and for expenses. Join...

A difference between an actual cost and a budgeted or standard cost, and the actual cost is the lesser amount. In the case of revenues, a favorable variance occurs when the actual revenues are greater than the budgeted...

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