HSS Company provides security services to senior executives of prominent corporations when they travel outside the United States. HSS applies both fixed and variable overhead using direct labor hours. The annual budget for one if its customers is as follows:
During the year, HSS had the following activity related to this customer:
$\bullet$Actual hours were 850 at a total cost of $44,200.
$\bullet$Actual fixed overhead was $12,750.
$\bullet$Actual variable overhead was $22,950.
What is the overall Static Budget Variance?
A) $850 favorable
B) $850 unfavorable
C) $3,900 favorable
D) $3,900 unfavorable
E) None of the above

Question

HSS Company provides security services to senior executives of prominent corporations when they travel outside the United States. HSS applies both fixed and variable overhead using direct labor hours. The annual budget for one if its customers is as follows:
 During the year, HSS had the following activity related to this customer:
$\bullet$Actual hours were 850 at a total cost of $44,200.
$\bullet$Actual fixed overhead was $12,750.
$\bullet$Actual variable overhead was $22,950.
What is the overall Static Budget Variance?
A) $850 favorable 
B) $850 unfavorable 
C) $3,900 favorable 
D) $3,900 unfavorable 
E) None of the above

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Budgeted Direct Labor Cost: 800 hours x $50/hour = $40,000
Budgeted Variable Overhead Cost: 800 hours x $30/direct labor hour = $24,000
Budgeted Fixed Overhead Cost: 800 hours x $15/direct labor hour = $12,000
Total Budgeted Cost: $76,000
Actual Direct Labor Cost: $44,200
Actual Variable Overhead Cost: $22,950
Actual Fixed Overhead Cost: $12,750
Total Actual Cost: $79,900
Static Budget Variance (Actual - Budgeted): $79,900 - $76,000 = $3,900 Unfavorable

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