In: Accounting
The results for July for Brahms & Sons
follow:
| Actual (based on actual sales of 98,000 units) | Master Budget (based on budgeted sales 96,000 units) | ||||||||||
| Sales revenue | $ | 650,000 | $ | 816,000 | |||||||
| Less | |||||||||||
| Variable costs | |||||||||||
| Direct material | 98,000 | 81,600 | |||||||||
| Direct labor | 98,000 | 144,000 | |||||||||
| Variable overhead | 105,000 | 144,000 | |||||||||
| Marketing | 20,800 | 24,000 | |||||||||
| Administrative | 15,800 | 24,000 | |||||||||
| Total variable costs | $ | 337,600 | $ | 417,600 | |||||||
| Contribution margin | $ | 312,400 | $ | 398,400 | |||||||
| Less | |||||||||||
| Fixed costs | |||||||||||
| Manufacturing | 138,100 | 138,000 | |||||||||
| Marketing | 43,800 | 24,000 | |||||||||
| Administrative | 102,100 | 99,000 | |||||||||
| Total fixed costs | $ | 284,000 | $ | 261,000 | |||||||
| Operating profits | $ | 28,400 | $ | 137,400 | |||||||
Required:
Prepare a profit variance analysis for Brahms & Sons. ( Do not round intermediate calculations. Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, or "U" for unfavorable. If there is no effect, do not select either option.)