Consider the following additional information:

Static budget variable overhead

$ 5,500

Static budget fixed overhead

$22,000

Static budget direct labor hours

550 hours

Static budget number of units

22,000

Great Fender allocates manufacturing overhead to production based on standard direct labor hours. Great Fender reported the following actual results for 2012: actual variable overhead, $4,950; actual fixed overhead, $23,000.

Requirements

1. Compute the variable and fixed overhead variances as guides.

2. Explain why the variances are favorable or unfavorable.