Engines Unlimited manufactures motorcycle engines and uses flexible budgeting and ABC. The companys budget for variable overhead

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Engines Unlimited manufactures motorcycle engines and uses flexible budgeting and ABC. The company’s budget for variable overhead is $30,000 and the budget for fixed overhead is $24,000. When the company analyzes overhead using ABC, the budgeted overhead of $54,000 is traced to three activities: assembly, finishing, and inspection. The costs associated with each activity and their respective cost drivers are as follows:


Flexible Budget Activity Amount Cost Driver Budgeted Volume Assembly $32,000 Labor hours 3,200 Finishing 14,000 Labor hours 1,000 Inspections 8,000 Number of inspections 320


The actual cost and total volume for each activity are as follows:



Required

A. Compute the overhead application rate for each activity.

B. Using the actual volume and cost, compute the spending variance, the efficiency variance, and the total variance for eachactivity.

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Managerial Accounting A Focus on Ethical Decision Making

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