Accounting 9706 · AS & A Level · Standard costing

Standard costing — practice question

Use Source A in the insert.
(a)[4]

Explain two reasons why a business might carry out variance analysis.

(b)[2]

State how a fixed overhead capacity variance is calculated.

(c)[5]

Prepare the flexible budget statement for August.

(d)[3]

Prepare a statement that reconciles the flexible budget profit in (c) with the actual profit.

(e)[4]

Explain the likely causes of the favourable direct labour variance of $1980$ by referring to the two sub-variances in the analysis.

(f)[7]

Advise the directors on which option they should choose. Justify your answer.

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