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Business Solutions’s second quarter 2016 fixed budget performance report for its computer furniture operations follows. The $156,000 budgeted expenses include $108,000 in variable expenses for desks and $18,000 in variable expenses for chairs, as well as $30,000 fixed expenses. The actual expenses include $31,000 fixed expenses. Prepare a flexible budget performance report that shows any variances between budgeted results and actual results. List fixed and variable expenses separately.
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- The Puyer Corporation makes and sells only one product called a Deb. The company is in the process of preparing its Selling and Administrative Expense Budget for next year. The following budget data are available: Sales commissions Shipping Advertising Executive salaries. Depreciation on office equipment Other Multiple Choice о All of these expenses (except depreciation) are paid in cash in the month they are incurred. If the budgeted cash disbursements for selling and administrative expenses for April total $195,500, then how many Debs does the company plan to sell in April? 14,400 units 8,000 units 10,200 units Monthly Fixed Cost 18,200 units $ 50,000 $ 60,000 $ 20,000 $ 40,000 Variable Cost Per Deb Sold $0.90 $ 1.40 $ 0.20arrow_forwardUsing account analysis, Pymble Co. wishes to estimate employees' automobile expenses as a function of miles driven. Costs for the past quarter, during which 58,000 miles were driven, are classified as follows: Item Classification Cost $3,200 11,200 3,900 1,800 2,100 Fuel Variable Fixed Fixed Variable Fixed Depreciation Insurance Maintenance Parking Predict the total cost for the coming quarter for which the employees' auto travel budget would be 65,000 miles: $arrow_forwardThe Puyer Corporation makes and sells only one product called a Deb. The company is in the process of preparing its Selling and Administrative Expense Budget for next year. The following budget data are available: Monthly Fixed Cost Variable Cost Per Deb Sold Sales commissions $ 1.06 Shipping $ 1.56 Advertising $ 51,600 $ 0.36 Executive salaries $ 61,600 Depreciation on office equipment $ 21,600 Other $ 41,600 All of these expenses (except depreciation) are paid in cash in the month they are incurred. If the company has budgeted to sell 16,600 Debs in February, then the total budgeted fixed selling and administrative expenses for February is: $124,800 $134,800 $154,800 $176,400arrow_forward
- Skulas, Inc., manufactures and sells snowboards. Skulas manufactures a single model, the Pipex. In late 2017, Skulas’s management accountant gathered the following data to prepare budgets for January 2018: Materials and Labor Requirement Direct Materials Wood 9 Boards Feet (b.f.) per snowboard Fiberglass 10 Yards per snowboard Direct manufacturing labor 5 hours per snowboard Skulas’s CEO expects to sell 2,900 snowboards during January 2018 at an estimated retail price of $650 per board. Further, the CEO expects 2018 beginning inventory of 500 snowboards and would like to end January 2018 with 200 snowboards in stock. Direct Materials Inventories Begining Inventory 1/1/2018 Ending Inventory 1/31/2018 Wood 2,040 b.f. 1,540 b.f. Fiberglass 1,040 yards 2,040 yards Alternative Text Variable manufacturing…arrow_forwardGump Painting Service has budgeted the following time and material for 2016: BUDGETED COSTS FOR 2016 Time Material Charges Charges Painters’ wages and benefits $ 36,000 Service manager’s salary and benefits $23,000 Office employee’s salary and benefits 12,000 3,000 Cost of paint 50,000 Overhead (supplies, utilities, etc.) 16,000 8,500 Total budgeted costs $64,000 $84,500 Gump budgets 4,000 hours of paint time in 2016 and will charge a profit of $12 per hour, in addition to a 25% markup on the cost of paint. On February 15, 2016, Gump is asked to prepare a price estimate to paint a building. Gump estimates that this job will take 12 labor hours and $500 in paint. Instructions Compute the labor rate for 2016. Compute the material loading charge rate for 2016. Prepare a time-and-material price estimate for painting the building.arrow_forwardSkulas, Inc., manufactures and sells snowboards. Skulas manufactures a single model, the Pipex. In late 2017, Skulas’s management accountant gathered the following data to prepare budgets for January 2018: Materials and Labor Requirement Direct Materials Wood 9 Boards Feet (b.f.) per snowboard Fiberglass 10 Yards per snowboard Direct manufacturing labor 5 hours per snowboard Skulas’s CEO expects to sell 2,900 snowboards during January 2018 at an estimated retail price of $650 per board. Further, the CEO expects 2018 beginning inventory of 500 snowboards and would like to end January 2018 with 200 snowboards in stock. Direct Materials Inventories Begining Inventory 1/1/2018 Ending Inventory 1/31/2018 Wood 2,040 b.f. 1,540 b.f. Fiberglass 1,040 yards 2,040 yards Alternative Text Variable manufacturing…arrow_forward
- Bartosiewicz Clinic uses client-visits as its measure of activity. During January, the clinic budgeted for 3,300 client-visits, but its actual level of activity was 3,280 client-visits. The clinic has provided the following data concerning the formulas used in its budgeting and its actual results for January. Data used in budgeting: Revenue Personnel expenses Medical supplies Occupancy expenses Administrative expenses. Total expenses Actual results for January: Fixed element Variable element per month. $0 $ 27,300 1,300 10,300 6,300 $ 45,200 $ 124,680 $ 72,030 $ 22,706 per client-visit $35.30 $ 11.30 5.30 1.00 0.40 $18.00 Revenue Personnel expenses Medical supplies Occupancy expenses $ 14,630 Administrative expenses $ 8,135 The activity variance for net operating income in January would be closest to:arrow_forwardDallus wants to examine the behaviour of maintenance costs for budgeting purpose. The following data on machine hours worked and maintenance costs for the past year are collected: Month Machine Hours Maintenance Cost January 18,000 February 15,000 March 12,750 21,000 April May June 11,880 14,500 July 19,000 August 14,880 September 10,000 October 13,360 November 16,600 December 18,800 $20,600 18,900 15,100 22,010 13,200 19,500 25,000 19,874 12,000 15,500 19,800 13,500 Required: a. Use the high-low method to estimate the variable cost per machine hour and the fixed cost per month. b. Plot and comment on the estimated cost function. C. Develop a formula to express the cost behaviour of ABC's maintenance costs. d. According to the budget, the machine is expected to work 200,000 hours next year. How much is the budgeted maintenance costs?arrow_forwardLeven Clinic uses client-visits as its measure of activity. During September, the clinic budgeted for 3,000 client-visits, but its actual level of activity was 3,050 client-visits. The clinic has provided the following data concerning the formulas to be used in its budgeting for September: Revenue Personnel expenses Medical supplies Occupancy expenses Administrative expenses Total expenses Fixed element per Variable element per month $0 $ 23,900 1,400 5,700 5,100 $36,100 client-visit $31.00 $10.70 The personnel expenses in the planning budget for September would be closest to: 3.90 1.10 0.10 $ 15.80arrow_forward
- Barlow Company manufactures book bags and has provided the following information for June 2018: E (Click the icon to view the information.) Requirements 1. Prepare a flexible budget performance report. (Hint: You will need to calculate the flexible budget amounts for 10,000 units.) 2. As the company owner, which employees would you praise or criticize after you analyze this performance report? Requirement 1. Prepare a flexible budget performance report. (Hint. You will need to calculate the flexible budget amounts for 10,000 units.) (Enter a "0" for any zero balances. For any $0 variances, leave the Favorable (F)/Unfavorable (U) input blank. Enter all amounts as positive values.) Barlow Company Flexible Budget Performance Report For the Month Ended June 30, 2018 - X 1 Data Table (1) - (3) (3) - (5) Budget Flexible Sales Static Budget 11,000 Amounts Actual Budget Flexible Volume Static Actual Results Units 10,000 Per Unit Results Variance Budget Variance Budget Sales Revenue $ 174,000 $…arrow_forwardDinham Kennel uses tenant-days as its measure of activity; an animal housed in the kennel for one day is counted as one tenant-day. During March, the kennel budgeted for 3,600 tenant-days, but its actual level of activity was 3,630 tenant-days. The kennel has provided the following data concerning the formulas used in its budgeting and its actual results for March: Data used in budgeting: 01:08:33 Revenue Wages and salaries Food and supplies Facility expenses Administrative expenses Total expenses Actual results for March: Variable Fixed element per month $ 0 element per tenant-day $34.50 $ 2,500 $ 7.50 1,500 14.00 8,000 3.00 6,500 0.60 $ 18,500 $ 25.10 Revenue Wages and salaries Food and supplies Facility expenses Administrative expenses $ 121,234 $ 28,550 $ 53,125 $ 18,250 $ 7,095 The spending variance for food and supplies in March would be closest to: Multiple Choice karrow_forwardDinham Kennel uses tenant-days as its measure of activity; an animal housed in the kennel for one day is counted as one tenant-day. During March, the kennel budgeted for 5500 tenant-days, but its actual level of activity was 5560 tenant-days. The kennel has provided the following data concerning the formulas used in its budgeting and its actual results for March: Data used in budgeting: Fixed element Variable element per tenant-day $ 36.00 per month Revenue Wages and salaries Food and supplies Facility expenses Administrative expenses 2$ 2700 9.40 1900 15.90 8300 4.90 6800 0.30 Total expenses 2$ 19,700 $ 30.50 Actual results for March: Revenue $ 179,235 Wages and salaries Food and supplies Facility expenses Administrative expenses $4 28,740 89,785 24 $ 35,875 $ 7114 The overall revenue and spending variance (i.e., the variance for net operating income in the revenue and spending variance column on the flexible budget performance report) for March would be closest to: Select one: O A.…arrow_forward
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