Calculating the Fixed Overhead Spending and Volume Variances Standish Company manufactures consumer products and provided the following information for the month of February: Units produced 131,000 Standard direct labor hours per unit 0.2 Standard fixed overhead rate (per direct labor hour) $2.30 Budgeted fixed overhead $64,100 Actual fixed overhead costs $68,600 Actual hours worked 26,450
Required:
1. Calculate the fixed overhead spending variance using the formula approach.
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2. Calculate the volume variance using the formula approach.
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3. What if 129,600 units had actually been produced in February? What impact would that have had? Indicate what the new variances would be below.
Fixed Overhead Spending Variance $
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Volume Variance $
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