Question

Chambers, inc. uses flexible budgets. at normal capacity of 16,000 units, budgeted manufacturing overhead is: $64,000 variable and $180,000 fixed. if chambers had actual overhead costs of $250,000 for 18,000 units produced, what is the difference between actual and budgeted costs?

Answer 1

The total budgeted cost is the sum of the variable cost and fixed cost. 
          Total budgeted cost = ($64,000) + ($180,000) = $244,000
 Solving for each unit, the budgeted cost will be $15.25/unit

Now, calculating for the actual cost per unit,
                actual cot = ($250,000) / 18 = $13.88/unit
The difference between the two costs is approximately $1.37.