In: Accounting
The actual selling expenses incurred in March 2020 by Fallon
Company are as follows.
| 
 Variable Expenses  | 
 Fixed Expenses  | 
|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales commissions | $11,178 | Sales salaries | $35,100 | |||
| Advertising | 12,156 | Depreciation | 6,500 | |||
| Travel | 6,912 | Insurance | 1,900 | |||
| Delivery | 3,576 | |||||
(a) Prepare a flexible budget performance report
for March, assuming that March sales were $172,800. Variable costs
and their percentage relationship to sales are sales commissions
6%, advertising 7%, traveling 4%, and delivery 2%. Fixed selling
expenses will consist of sales salaries $35,100, Depreciation on
delivery equipment $6,500, and insurance on delivery equipment
$1,900. (List variable costs before fixed
costs.)
(b) Prepare a flexible budget performance report, assuming that March sales were $180,500. (List variable costs before fixed costs.)