Maertz Corporation applies manufacturing overhead to products on the basis of standard machine-hours.The budgeted fixed manufacturing overhead cost for the most recent month was $10,890 and the actual fixed manufacturing overhead cost for the month was $10,540.The company based its original budget on 3,300 machine-hours.The standard hours allowed for the actual output of the month totaled 3,240 machine-hours.What was the overall fixed manufacturing overhead budget variance for the month?

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Budget variance = Actual fixed overhead - Budgeted fixed overhead cost
= $10,540 - $10,890 = $350 F

Maertz Corporation Applies Manufacturing Overhead to Products on the Basis