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Calculating Variable Manufacturing Overhead VariancesSlim Shady Company (SSC) manufactures...

Calculating Variable Manufacturing Overhead Variances

Slim Shady Company (SSC) manufactures lampshades. It applies variable overhead on the basis of direct labor hours. Information from SSC’s standard cost card follows:

 

Standard Quantity

Standard Rate

Standard Unit Cost

Variable manufacturing overhead

0.5

$0.80

$0.40

During August, SSC had the following actual results

Units produced and sold

25,000

Actual variable overhead

$ 9,490

Actual direct labor hours

13,000

Required:

Compute SSC’s variable overhead rate variance, variable overhead efficiency variance, and over- or underapplied variable overhead.

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