Managerial Accounting
Managerial Accounting
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ISBN: 9781337912020
Author: Carl Warren, Ph.d. Cma William B. Tayler
Publisher: South-Western College Pub
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Horngren's Financial & Managerial Accounting: The Managerial Chapters,  8th Edition. 
 
E-M:9-16 Using responsibility reports to evaluate cost, revenue, and profit centers
 
The accountant for a subunit of Bellamy Sports Company went on vacation before completing the subunit’s monthly responsibility report. This is as far as she got:
 
Subunit X Revenue by Product   Actual Results Flexible Budget Variance F or U Flexible Budget   Sales Volume Variance F or U Static Budget
Downhill-RI    $             326,000 (a)   (b)    $          19,000  F  $        301,000
Downhill-RII    $             154,000 (c)    $          164,000   (d)    $        148,000
Cross-EXI    $             280,000  $                                    1,000 U  $          281,000   (e)    $        297,000
Cross-EXII    $             254,000 (f)    $          249,000    $          16,500 U  $        265,500
Snow-LXI    $             424,000  $                                    2,000 F (g)   (h)    $        402,000
     $        1,438,000 (i)   (j)   (k)    $   1,413,500
 
1. Complete the responsibility report for this subunit.
 
2. Based on the data presented, what type of responsibility center is this subunit?
 
3. Which items should be investigated if part of management’s decision criteria is to investigate all variances exceeding $10,000?

 

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