Transcription of STANDARD COSTS AND VARIANCE ANALYSIS
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Revised Summer 2015 Page 1 of 20 STANDARD COSTS AND VARIANCE ANALYSIS Key Terms and Concepts to Know Static or Planning Budgets Used for planning purposes Prepared at the beginning of the period Based on one projected level of activity standards : standards are benchmarks or norms for measuring performance. standards relate to the quantity and COSTS of inputs used in manufacturing goods or providing services. Price standards specify how much should be paid for each unit of the input. Quantity standards specify how much of an input such as raw material should be used to make a product or provide service.
standard results and to analyze the differences or variances between them. If there is a significant variance between the standard and actual results, managers may investigate the discrepancy to find the underlying cause of the variance. Standard costs are used to value raw materials inventory, work-in-process
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