Question

Via Gelato is a popular neighborhood gelato shop. The company has provided the following cost formulas and actual results for the month of June:

	Fixed Element per Month			Variable Element per Liter			Actual Total for June
Revenue				$	21.00		$	133,540
Raw materials				$	5.55		$	37,130
Wages	$	6,500		$	2.30		$	21,300
Utilities	$	2,530		$	1.10		$	10,000
Rent	$	3,500					$	3,500
Insurance	$	2,250					$	2,250
Miscellaneous	$	740		$	1.25		$	8,790

While gelato is sold by the cone or cup, the shop measures its activity in terms of the total number of liters of gelato sold. For example, wages should be $6,500 plus $2.30 per liter of gelato sold and the actual wages for June were $21,300. Via Gelato expected to sell 6,400 liters in June, but actually sold 6,600 liters.

Required:

Calculate Via Gelato revenue and spending variances for June. (Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, "U" for unfavorable, and "None" for no effect (i.e., zero variance). Input all amounts as positive values.)

Answer 1

Solution:

Revenue and spending variance is the difference between actual result and flexible budget result.

Flexible Budget is the budget prepared based on the actual activity level achieved during the period at standard rate.

Via Gelato Report for Revenue and Spending Variance for June
	Actual Result	Revenue and Spending Variance	Flexible Budget
Activity Level (liters)	6,400			6,400
Revenue	$133,540	$860	U	$134,400 (6400*21)
Expenses:
Raw materials	$37,130	$1,610	U	$35,520 (6400*5.55)
Wages	$21,300	$80	U	$21,220 (6400*2.3+500)
Utilities	$10,000	$430	U	$9,570 (6400*1.1+2530)
Rent	$3,500	$0	NONE	$3,500
Insurance	$2,250	$0	NONE	$2,250
Miscellaneous	$8,790	$50	U	$8,740 (6400*1.25+740)
Total Expenses	$82,970	$2,170	U	$80,800
Operating Income (Revenue - Total Expenses)	$50,570	$3,030	U	$53,600

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