Managerial Accounting (5th Edition)
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Chapter 10, Problem 10.43AP
Prepare a budget with different volumes for planning (Learning Objective 5)
Outrageous Bubbles, Inc., produces multicolored bubble solution used for weddings and other events. The company’s master
| OUTRAGEOUS BUBBLES, INC. | |
| Master Budget Income Statement | |
| Month Ended March 31 | |
| Sales revenue | $ 170,500 |
| Variable expenses: | |
| Cost of goods sold | $ 68,750 |
| Sales commissions | 13,750 |
| Utility expense | 5,500 |
| Fixed expenses: | |
| Salary expense | 30,000 |
| 20,000 | |
| Rent expense | 15,000 |
| Utility expense | 7,000 |
| Total expenses | $160,000 |
| Operating income | $ 10,500 |
Outrageous Bubbles’ plant capacity is 62,500 kits. If actual volume exceeds 62,500 kits, the company must expand the plant. In that case, salaries will increase by 10%, depreciation by 15%, and rent by $4,000. Fixed utilities will be unchanged by any volume increase.
Requirements
- 1. Prepare flexible budget income statements for the company, showing output levels of 55,000, 60,000, and 65,000 kits.
- 2. Graph the behavior of the company’s total costs. Use total costs on the y-axis and volume (in thousands of bubble kits) on the x-axis.
- 3. Why might Outrageous Bubbles’ managers want to see the graph you prepared in Requirement 2 as well as the columnar format analysis in Requirement 1? What is the disadvantage of the graphic approach?
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