Question: Standard variable overhead rate per hour $1 Standard fixed overhead rate per hour $2 Planned monthly activity 40,000 machine hours Actual production completed 82,000 units

  Standard variable overhead rate per hour
$1
  Standard fixed overhead rate per hour
$2
  Planned monthly activity
40,000 machine hours
  Actual production completed
82,000 units
  Standard machine processing time
Two units per hour
  Actual variable overhead
$37,000
  Actual total overhead
$121,000
  Actual machine hours worked
40,500

                  All of the company's overhead is variable or fixed in nature.

                  

                  Required:

                  1.     Calculate the spending and efficiency variances for variable overhead.

                  2.     Calculate the SPENDING and PRODUCTION volume variances for fixed overhead.

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