French Bread Company also allocates fixed manufacturing overhead to products on the basis of standard direct manufacturing

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French Bread Company also allocates fixed manufacturing overhead to products on the basis of standard direct manufacturing labourhours. For 2013, fixed manufacturing overhead was budgeted at $4.00 per direct manufacturing labour hour. Actual fixed manufacturing overhead incurred during the year was $272,000.

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1. Prepare a variance analysis of fixed manufacturing overhead costs.

2. Is fixed overhead underallocated or overallocated? By how much?

3. Comment on your results. Discuss the various variances and explain what may be driving them.

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Cost Accounting A Managerial Emphasis

ISBN: 978-0133392883

6th Canadian edition

Authors: Horngren, Srikant Datar, George Foster, Madhav Rajan, Christ

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