Miller Mustard Company manufactures single-serve mustard packets used in fast-food restaurants. Stuart Miller, the companys CFO, prepared

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Miller Mustard Company manufactures single-serve mustard packets used in fast-food restaurants. Stuart Miller, the company’s CFO, prepared the following standard cost card for a box of mustard packets (100 packets in a box), based on expected production of 50,000 boxes.


Direct materials .........$1.37

Direct labor ..........0.50

Variable overhead .........0.34

Fixed overhead ..........1.35

Total standard cost per box.... $3.56


During the year, Miller Mustard actually produced 51,075 boxes and incurred $70,000 in fixed manufacturing overhead.


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Calculate the fixed overhead spending variance.


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Managerial Accounting

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Authors: Charles E. Davis, Elizabeth Davis

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