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A budget "variance" is the difference between planned and actual performance.
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What factors causes Budget Variance?
There are 7 variances associated with a budget ( which are generally calculated for controlling purposes) 1- Material Price variance 2- Material Quantity variance 3- Labor rate variance 4- Labor efficiency variance 5- Spending variance 6- Efficiency variance 7- Capacity variance
Can Budget variance be negative?
Yes
Fixed-overhead budget variance?
Fixed overhead budgeted variance is the difference between estimated budgeted cost and actual fixed overhead cost of production.
What are the causes for adverse overhead capacity variance?
Incurring higher fixed costs than were planned for in the budget can cause adverse overhead capacity variance. Other caused can include planning errors, inefficient management of fixed overheads, and business expansion that was not added to the budget.
Benefits of calculating budget variance?
Budgeted variance analysis is very helpful in controlling the cost and expenditure of products and also helpful in determining the variation in the production expenditure with budgeted expenditure and help to eliminate variances in future and make better budgets.
