Flexible Budgeting and Variance Analysis I Love My Chocolate Company makes dark chocolate and light chocolate. Both products require cocoa and sugar. The following planning information has been made available: Standard Amount per Case Dark Chocolate Light Chocolate Standard Price per Pound Cocoa 12 lb. 9 lb. $4.9 Sugar 10 lb. 14 lb. 0.6 Standard labor time 0.3 hr. 0.4 hr. Dark Chocolate Light Chocolate Planned production 5,100 cases 10,300 cases Standard labor rate $14.5 per hr. $14.5 per hr. I Love My Chocolate does not expect there to be any beginning or ending inventories of cocoa or sugar. At the end of the budget year, I Love My Chocolate Company had the following actual results: Dark Chocolate Light Chocolate Actual production (cases) 4,800 10,700 Actual Price per Pound Actual Pounds Purchased and Used Cocoa $5 154,700 Sugar 0.55 192,900 Actual Labor Rate Actual Labor Hours Used Dark chocolate $14 per hr. 1,310 Light chocolate 15 per hr. 4,390 Required: Prepare the following variance analyses for both chocolates and total, based on the actual results and production levels at the end of the budget year: Direct materials price variance, direct materials quantity variance, and total variance. Direct labor rate variance, direct labor time variance, and total variance. Enter a favorable variance as a negative number using a minus sign and an unfavorable variance as a positive number. If there is no variance, enter a zero. a. Direct materials price variance $ Direct materials quantity variance $ Total direct materials cost variance $ b. Direct labor rate variance $ Direct labor time variance $ Total direct labor cost variance $

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Flexible Budgeting and Variance Analysis

I Love My Chocolate Company makes dark chocolate and light chocolate. Both products require cocoa and sugar. The following planning information has been made available:

Standard Amount per Case
	Dark Chocolate	Light Chocolate	Standard Price per Pound
Cocoa	12 lb.		9 lb.	$4.9
Sugar	10 lb.		14 lb.	0.6
Standard labor time	0.3 hr.		0.4 hr.

	Dark Chocolate	Light Chocolate
Planned production	5,100 cases		10,300 cases
Standard labor rate	$14.5 per hr.		$14.5 per hr.

I Love My Chocolate does not expect there to be any beginning or ending inventories of cocoa or sugar. At the end of the budget year, I Love My Chocolate Company had the following actual results:

	Dark Chocolate	Light Chocolate
Actual production (cases)	4,800	10,700
	Actual Price per Pound	Actual Pounds Purchased and Used
Cocoa	$5		154,700
Sugar	0.55		192,900
	Actual Labor Rate	Actual Labor Hours Used
Dark chocolate	$14 per hr.		1,310
Light chocolate	15 per hr.		4,390

Required:

Prepare the following variance analyses for both chocolates and total, based on the actual results and production levels at the end of the budget year:

Direct materials price variance, direct materials quantity variance, and total variance.
Direct labor rate variance, direct labor time variance, and total variance.

Enter a favorable variance as a negative number using a minus sign and an unfavorable variance as a positive number. If there is no variance, enter a zero.

a.	Direct materials price variance	$
	Direct materials quantity variance	$
	Total direct materials cost variance	$

b.	Direct labor rate variance	$
	Direct labor time variance	$
	Total direct labor cost variance	$

Definition Definition Measure used to estimate the difference between the budgeted and annual proportion for a specific accounting year. A favorable budget variance refers to positive variances or gains, while unfavorable or negative variances refer to a shortfall in the budget. A budget variance is indicative of the instances where the actual costs incurred are higher or lower than the estimated costs.

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