Managerial Accounting, Binder Ready Version: Tools for Business Decision Making
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Author: Weygandt, Jerry J.; Kimmel, Paul D.; Kieso, Donald E.
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Chapter 10, Problem 10.6E
The actual selling expenses incurred in March 2017 by Fallon Company are as follows.
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(a) Prepare a flexible budget performance report for March using the budget data in E10-5, assuming that March sales were $170,000.
(b) Prepare a flexible budget performance report, assuming that March sales were $180,000.
(c)
Comment on the importance of using flexible budgets in evaluating the performance of the sales manager.
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Bickel Corporation uses customers served as its measure of activity. The following report compares the planning budget to the actual
operating results for the month of November:
Bickel Corporation -
Comparison of Actual Results to Planning Budget
For the Month Ended November 30
Customers served
Revenue ($3.504)
Expenses:
Mages and salaries ($24,200 $1.324)
Supplies ($0.729)
Insurance ($6,100)
Miscellaneous expense (55,100 50.410)
Total expense
Net operating income
Actual
Results
43,000
$150,300
80,960
28,840
6,100
20,920
136,820
$ 11,400
Planning Budget
42,000
$147,000
79,640
30,240
6,100
22,320
138,300
$1,700
Variances
$3,300 F
1,320 U
1,400 F
0 None
1,400 F
1,480 F
$4,780 F
Required:
Prepare the company's Comprehensive Performance Report for November. Label each variance as favorable (F) or unfavorable (U).
(Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, "U" for unfavorable, and "None" for no effect (i.e., zero
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