In: Accounting
Zachary Manufacturing Company established the following standard price and cost data:
Sales price | $ | 8.90 | per unit |
Variable manufacturing cost | $ | 3.70 | per unit |
Fixed manufacturing cost | $ | 2,100 | total |
Fixed selling and administrative cost | $ | 1,000 | total |
Zachary planned to produce and sell 3,000 units. Actual production and sales amounted to 3,300 units.
Assume that the actual sales price is $8.70 per unit and that the actual variable cost is $3.95 per unit. The actual fixed manufacturing cost is $1,900, and the actual selling and administrative costs are $1,030.
Required
a.&b. Determine the flexible budget variances and classify the effect of each variance by selecting favorable (F) or unfavorable (U). (Select "None" if there is no effect (i.e., zero variance).)
Flexible Budget Variances | ||
Sales | U | |
Variable manufacturing | U | |
Contribution margin | U | |
Fixed manufacturing | F | |
Fixed selling and administrative cost | U | |
Net income (loss) | U |
Ans. | |||||||||||
Particulars | Standard | Actual | Variance | ||||||||
Sales | 26700 | 28710 | 2010 | F | |||||||
less: Variable cost | 11100 | 13035 | 1935 | U | |||||||
Contribution | 15600 | 15675 | 75 | F | |||||||
less: Fixed costs: | |||||||||||
Manufacturing | 2100 | 1900 | -200 | F | |||||||
Selling & administrative | 1000 | 1030 | 30 | U | |||||||
Total fixed cost | 3100 | 2930 | -170 | F | |||||||
Net Income | 12500 | 12745 | 245 | F | |||||||
Variance = Actual-Standard | |||||||||||
*Calculation: | |||||||||||
Standard | Actual | ||||||||||
Sales | (8.90*3000) | (8.70*3300) | |||||||||
Variable cost | (3.70*3000) | (3.95*3300) | |||||||||
*If the sales and income increase it is favourable & the decrease of sales and income is unfavourable. | |||||||||||
*If the Costs are increases it is Unfavourable & the decrease of cost is favourable. | |||||||||||