Ramkissoon Midwifery's cost formula for its wages and salaries is $2,060 per month plus $442 per birth. For the month of July, the company planned for activity of 117 births, but the actual level of activity was 114 births. The actual wages and salaries for the month was $54,500. The spending variance for wages and salaries in July would be closest to:

Spending variance will be equal to - 729

Explanation:

We have given wages and salary is $2060 per month plus $442 per birth

We have given total number of birth = 117

So standard cost = $2060+117*$442 = $53774

Actual wages and salary for the month is = $54500

We have to find the spending variance

Spending variance is given by

Spending variance = Standard cost - actual cost = $53774 - $54500 = - 729

So spending variance will be equal to - 729