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The difference between the actual cost or price and the budgeted (standard) cost or price is referred to as variance. Variance can either be favorable or unfavorable depending upon the various situations. The variance is favorable when the actual cost is less than the
Activity variances of Company FAB
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The difference between the actual cost or price and the budgeted (standard) cost or price is referred to as variance. Variance can either be favorable or unfavorable depending upon the various situations. The variance is favorable when the actual cost is less than the standard cost, and vice versa. A favorable variance implies that direct material, labor, and overheads are used efficiently. An unfavorable variance occurs when the company pays more than the standard costs or applies direct materials, labor, and overheads inefficiently.
Spending variances of Company FAB
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- Question 2.1 TeleTube Inc. manufacturers TVs. Unfortunately, some of the company's data was misplaced by an IT error. Use the following information to replace the lost data: Analysis Actual Results Flexible Variances Flexible Budget Sales- Volume Variances Static Budget Units Sold 112,500 112,500 103,125 Revenues $42,080 $1,000 F (A) $1,400 U (B) Variable Costs (C) $200 U $15,860 $2,340 F $18,200 Fixed Costs $8,280 $860 F $9,140 $9,140 Operating Income $17,740 (D) $16,080 (E) $15,140 Required What are the respective flexible-budget revenues (A)? What are the static-budget revenues (B)? What are the actual variable costs (C) What is the total flexible-budget variance (D)? What is the total sales-volume variance (E)? What is the total static-budget variance?arrow_forwardProblem 9-23 (Algo) Flexible Budgets and Spending Variances [LO9-1, LO9-2] You have just been hired by FAB Corporation, the manufacturer of a revolutionary new garage door opening device. The president has asked that you review the company's costing system and "do what you can to help us get better control of our manufacturing overhead costs." You find that the company has never used a flexible budget, and you suggest that preparing such a budget would be an excellent first step in overhead planning and control. After much effort and analysis, you determined the following cost formulas and gathered the following actual cost data for March: Utilities Maintenance Supplies Indirect labor Depreciation Cost Formula $16,200+ $0.14 per machine-hour $38,700+ $1.90 per machine-hour $0.60 per machine-hour During March, the company worked 13,000 machine-hours and produced 7,000 units. The company had originally planned to work 15,000 machine-hours during March. Required: 1. Prepare a flexible…arrow_forwardpart 4 5 6 Question 2.1 TeleTube Inc. manufacturers TVs. Unfortunately, some of the company's data was misplaced by an IT error. Use the following information to replace the lost data: Analysis Actual Results Flexible Variances Flexible Budget Sales- Volume Variances Static Budget Units Sold 112,500 112,500 103,125 Revenues $42,080 $1,000 F (A) $1,400 U (B) Variable Costs (C) $200 U $15,860 $2,340 F $18,200 Fixed Costs $8,280 $860 F $9,140 $9,140 Operating Income $17,740 (D) $16,080 (E) $15,140 Required What are the respective flexible-budget revenues (A)? What are the static-budget revenues (B)? What are the actual variable costs (C) What is the total flexible-budget variance (D)? What is the total sales-volume variance (E)? What is the total static-budget variance?arrow_forward
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- Preparing a Flexible Budget for Performance Reporting Suppose you receive the following performance report from the accounting department for your first month as plant manager for a new company. Your supervisor, the vice president of manufacturing, has concerns that the report does not provide an accurate picture of your performance in the area of cost control.arrow_forward58. The following are the available data of Anton Corp. for year 2025: Budgeted Fixed Overhead Budgeted Variable Overhead Budgeted Labor hours Actual labor hours Actual Fixed Overhead Actual Variable Overhead 1,566,000 3,078,000 540,000 521,100 1,566,000 2,870,460arrow_forwardChapter 8: Applying Excel: Exercise (Part 2 of 2) Requirement 2: The company has just hired a new marketing manager who insists that unit sales can be dramatically increased by dropping the selling price from $8 to $7. The marketing manager would like to use the following projections in the budget: Data Budgeted unit sales. Selling price per unit 1 Chapter 8: Applying Excel 2 3 4 5 6 780 9 10 11 12 13 14 56789 15 16 17 18 19 Data Budgeted unit sales A 1 45,000 $7 Year 2 Quarter 2 3 70,000 105,000 Selling price per unit Accounts receivable, beginning balance • Sales collected in the quarter sales are made • Sales collected in the quarter after sales are made • Desired ending finished goods inventory is Finished goods inventory, beginning Raw materials required to produce one unit • Desired ending inventory of raw materials is Raw materials inventory, beginning Raw material costs Raw materials purchases are paid and Accounts payable for raw materials, beginning balance $ $ $ $ B 1 4…arrow_forward
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