A company's flexible budget for 36,000 units of production showed variable overhead costs of $54,000 and fixed overhead costs of $50,000. The company actually incurred total overhead costs of $95,300 while operating at a volume of 32,000 units. What is the controllable variance?

What will be an ideal response?


Actual overhead incurred (given) ………………
Overhead allocated to production
?$95,300  
  Variable $1.50/unit* ? 32,000 units ………….$48,000?
  Fixed (given) ………………..……………….. 50,000?
  Total allocated ………………..………………? 98,000  
Controllable cost variance?$ 2,700 F
* $54,000 variable overhead cost/36,000 units = $1.50/unit

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