Overhead budget variances for the month


Bartoletti Fabrication Corporation has a standard cost system in which it applies manufacturing overhead to products on the basis of standard machine-hours (MHs). The company's cost formula for variable manufacturing overhead is $4.60 per MH. The company had budgeted its fixed manufacturing overhead cost at $65,000 for the month. During the month, the actual total variable manufacturing overhead was $22,080 and the actual total fixed manufacturing overhead was $63,000. The actual level of activity for the period was 4,600 MHs. What was the total of the variable overhead spending and fixed overhead budget variances for the month?

a) $1,080 unfavorable

b) $1,080 favorable

c) $920 unfavorable

d) $920 favorable

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