Management Accounting Test Question On Standard Costing SC3




Company ABC has suffered severe losses over the years. This situation has arisen partially because of bad industrial relations and poor management control. An extract from the standard cost system report relating to the first 3-month period reveals:

Budged fixed overhead

$800,000

Budgeted ouput

800,000 units

Standard time per unit

15 minutes

Actual hours worked

192,000

Actual output

720,000 units

Actual fixed overhead

$804,000

Required:

(a) Calculate 3 variances from the extract given ( including the total variances) (12 marks)

(b) Discuss the meaning of the 3 variances explaining how poor morale and management show themselves in reported variances (8 marks)

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