The "actual Costs" is what one would actually pay for the item at a retailer.
Estimated cost is the budgeted cost according to the original Project Management. Actual cost represent the actual payments (actual cost of the project). Your question seems related to earned value analysis, which is essentially comparing the budgeted cost/hours against the actual cost/hours.
Standard cost is that cost which is budgeted at start of production while actual cost is that cost which actually incurred by business both of them can be same if actual cost incurred is same as allocated or determined in budgeting process using standard cost otherwise there will be difference.
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A favorable variance is the difference between the budgeted or standard cost and the actual cost. If the actual cost is less than budgeted or standard cost, it is a favorable variance.
A favorable variance is the difference between the budgeted or standard cost and the actual cost. If the actual cost is less than budgeted or standard cost, it is a favorable variance.
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Actual costing uses the the actual costs incurred to calculate cost per unit. All you need is the actual costs and the number of units produced/manufactured, divide the two and you will have your actual cost per unit. The same process for overhead allocation as well. The actual overhead costs are allocated on a rate that is based on actual costs. Actual costing is a delayed analysis.
actual costing uses actual indirect-cost rates normal costing uses budgeted indirect-cost rates
At Home Depot, it was about $13 and plus the cost of the actual bulb20 the cost is around $20.
A costing system that traces direct costs to a cost object by using the actual direct-cost rates times the actual quantities of the direct-cost inputs and that allocates indirect costs based on the budgeted indirect-cost rates times the actual quantities of the cost-allocation bases.
Price variance is the actual unit cost minus the standard unit cost, multiplied by the actual quantity purchased. The variance is said to be unfavorable if the actual price of the materials is higher than the standard price of the materials.
Standard cost is the cost which is basis to measure the actual cost historical cost is the initial cost