Following is the standard cost card of a component: Martials 2 Units at ₹ 15 ₹30 Labour 3 Hours at ₹ 20 ₹60 Total overheads 3 Hours at ₹ 10 ₹30…

CA Intermediate · Cost and Management Accounting · MTP · September 2026
Following is the standard cost card of a component: Martials 2 Units at ₹ 15 ₹30 Labour 3 Hours at ₹ 20 ₹60 Total overheads 3 Hours at ₹ 10 ₹30 During a particular month 10,000 units of the component were produced and the same was found to be at 60% capacity of the budget. In preparing the variances report for the month, the cost accountant gathered the following information: Labour ₹6,50,000 Variable overheads ₹2,00,000 Fixed overheads ₹3,00,000 Material price variance ₹70,000 (A) Material cost variance ₹50,000 (A) Labour rate variance ₹50,000 (F) Fixed overhead expenditure variance ₹50,000 (A) You are required to prepare from the above details: (1) Actual material cost incurred (2) Standard cost of materials actually consumed (3) Labour efficiency variance (4) Variable OH efficiency variance (5) Variable OH expenditure variance (6) Fixed OH efficiency variance (7) Fixed OH capacity variance (8) Fixed OH volume variance.

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Working Notes: 1. Standard hours = 10,000 × 3 = 30,000 hours The capacity is 60% So at100 % capacity the total hours would be = 30,000/ 60% = 50,000 hours Budgeted hours = 50,000 2. Budgeted Fixed Overheads = Actual Fixed overheads - Expenditure Variance(A) ₹3,00,000 – ₹50,000 = ₹ 2,50,000 3. Standard Fixed overhead rate = 2,50,000 / 50,000 = ₹ 5 per hour or ₹ 15 per unit (As time taken is 3 hrs. per unit) 4. Total Overhead rate = ₹ 10 per hour So, Variable overhead rate per hour = ₹ 10-₹5 = ₹ 5per hour or 15 per unit. 5. Labour Rate Variance = (Standard Rate per hour × Actual hours) – (Actual cost) ₹50,000 = (20 × Actual Hours – ₹ 6,50,000) Actual Hours = 35,000 (₹7,00,000/20) 1. Actual Material cost incurred: Material Cost Variance = Standard cost of Standard Quantity for Actual output – Actual cost Actual cost = Standard cost of Standard Quantity for Actual output - Material Cost Variance Material Cost Variance = ₹ 50,000(A) (10,000 units × 2 units ×₹ 15) + ₹50,000 = ₹ 3,00,000 + ₹50,000 = ₹ 3,50,000 2. Standard Cost of material consumed: Material price Variance = [Standard Price (S.P) – Actual Price (A.P)] × Actual Quantity Standard Cost of material consumed = (Actual Price (A.P) × Actual Quantity) + Material price Variance Material price Variance = ₹ 70,000(A) = 3,50,000 – 70,000 = ₹2,80,000 3. Labour Efficiency Variance [Standard Hours – Actual Hours (W. N -5)] × Standard Rate per hour (10,000× 3 - 35000) × 20 (600,000 - 7,00,000) = ₹ 1,00,000(A) 4. Variable Overhead Efficiency Variance Variable Overhead Efficiency Variance = (Standard hours for Actual Output – Actual Hours) × Standard variable rate per hour (W. N.4) (30,000 – 35,000) × 5 = ₹25000 (A) 5. Variable Overhead Expenditure Variance: Variable Overhead Expenditure Variance= (Budgeted Variable Overheads for Actual Hours) – (Actual Variable Overheads) = (5 × 35000 – ₹ 2,00,000) = ₹ 25,000(A) 6. Fixed Overhead Efficiency Variance: Fixed Overhead Efficiency Variance= (Standard hours for Actual output – Actual Hours) × Standard Fixed overhead rate per hour (30,000 -35,000) ×5 = ₹25,000(A) 7. Fixed Overhead Capacity Variance: Fixed Overhead Capacity Variance= (Actual Hours – Budgeted Hours) × Standard Fixed overhead rate per hour (35,000 -50,000) ×5 = ₹ 75,000(A) 8. Fixed Overhead Volume Variance: Fixed Overhead Volume Variance= (Actual output – Budgeted output) × Standard Fixed overhead rate per unit (10,000 - 50,000/3 hrs.) ×15 = ₹ 1,00,000(A)

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