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Orange City often hires outside lawyers as consultants to work on specialized legal cases. For Fiscal Year 2018 the city expected to have 25 such cases, with a total cost of $60,000 for the work. This estimate was based on FY 2017 results of 300 hours of the lawyers’ time billed at $200 per hour. The actual number of cases in 2018 turned out to be only 22, but the lawyers raised their rate to $220 per hour. The total expense for the lawyers was $87,120. What were the total variance, volume variance, quantity variance, and price variance for the lawyers’ work? Indicate which variances are favorable or unfavorable.
PARTICULARS | STANDARD | ACTUAL | ||
NO OF CASES | 25.00 | 22.00 | ||
HOURS WORKED | 300.00 | 396.00 | ||
HOURS PER CASE | 12.00 | 18.00 | ||
COST PER HR | 200.00 | 220.00 | ||
TOTAL COST | 60,000.00 | 87,120.00 | ||
TOTAL VARIANCE= | STANDARD COST-ACTUAL COST | |||
60000-87120= | -27120 | |||
PRICE VARIANCE= | (STANDARD COST PER HR -ACTUAL COST PER HR)Xactual hours worked | |||
(200-220)x396= | -7920 | |||
standard hours for actual cases | 264.00 | |||
VOLUME VARIANCE= | (standard quantity for actual output less actual quantity) x standard price | |||
(264-396)X200= | -26400 | |||
QUANTITY VARIANCE= | (300-396)X200 | -19200 |
NO VARIANCE IS FAVOURABLE ALL VARIANCES ARE UNFAVOURABLE