machine-hours. The following data are available for July:
Actual variable manufacturing overhead cost incurred: $22,620
Actual machine-hours worked: 1,600 hours
Variable overhead rate variance: $3,420 Unfavorable
Total variable overhead spending variance: $4,620 Unfavorable
The variable overhead efficiency variance for July is:
A.$8,040 Unfavorable
B.$8,040 Favorable
C.$1,200 Unfavorable
D.$1,200 Favorable
4) Escau Corporation is a wholesale distributor that uses activity-based costing for all of
its overhead costs. The company has provided the following data concerning its annual
overhead costs and its activity based costing system:
The “Other” activity cost pool consists of the costs of idle capacity and
organization-sustaining costs.
The activity measures for the activity cost pools for the year are as follows:
What would be the total overhead cost per order according to the activity based costing
system? In other words, what would be the overall activity rate for the filling orders
activity cost pool? (Round to the nearest whole cent.)
A.$56.00
B.$48.00
C.$49.67