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FlexibleBudgets,OverheadCost
Variances,andManagementControl
TransitionNotes
Thefive-stepdecisionprocessisincorporatedintothischapterasmanagementfacesdecisionsthatmustbemadebasedupontheoverheadvariances.Thediscussionofoverheadvariancesisstreamlinedmakingthediscussionmorereadable.Theend-of-chapterproblemmaterialhasundergonesignificantrevisions,withanumberofnewproblems.
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I. LEARNINGOBJECTIVES
Explainthesimilaritiesanddifferencesinplanningvariableoverheadcostsandfixedoverheadcosts.
Developbudgetedvariableoverheadcostratesandbudgetedfixedoverheadcostrates.
Computethevariableoverheadflexible-budgetvariance,thevariableoverheadefficiencyvariance,andthevariableoverheadspendingvariance.
Computethefixedoverheadflexible-budgetvariance,thefixedoverheadspendingvariance,andthefixedoverheadproduction-volumevariance.
Showhowthe4-varianceanalysisapproachreconcilestheactualoverheadincurredwiththeoverheadamountsallocatedduringtheperiod.
Explaintherelationshipbetweenthesales-volumevarianceandtheproduction-volumevariance.
Calculateoverheadvariancesinactivity-basedcosting.
Examinetheuseofoverheadvariancesinnonmanufacturingsettings.
CHAPTERSYNOPSIS
Thepreviouschapterfocusedonanalysisofdirectmanufacturingcosts.Thischaptermovesintoplanningandvarianceanalysisofvariableandfixedmanufacturingoverhead.Developmentofbudgetedoverheadcostratesiscovered.Variableoverheadspend