Walker’s Manufacturing began its operations on January 1 of the current year. Walker
produced 10,000 units during the year, sold 8,000 units at an average cost of $22 per
unit, and had 2,000 units in ending inventory. Variable production cost were $14 per
unit, variable selling expenses were $2 per unit, fixed overhead totaled $12,000, and
fixed selling and administrative expenses totaled $30,000. Under absorption costing,
what was Walker’s ending inventory on the balance sheet?
a. $8,000
b. $28,000
c. $30,000
d. $30,400
The difference between the actual cost of variable overhead items and the amount of
variable overhead cost that is expected to be incurred at the actual level of activity base
experienced is the
a. The variable overhead materials variance.
b. The manufacturing overhead expense variance.
c. The variable overhead efficiency variance.
d. The variable overhead spending variance.