The Broaddus Company Has Requested a Performance Report That Reports
Question 138
Question 138
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The Broaddus Company has requested a performance report that reports both sales activity variances and flexible budget variances.The following table of information is provided: Column(1) Number of units Seles Less variable costs: Materials Labor Overhead Selling & admin. Contribution margin Less fixed costs: Manufacturing Selling & admin Net income (2) Static Budget 8,600$430,000103,20077,40043,00017,200$189,20018,00037,0010$134,200 (3) (4) F/U (5) Flexible Budget 9,000$450,000108,00081,00045,00018,000$198,00018,00037,000$143,000 (6) (7) F/U (8) Actual Results 9,000$460,000113,00088,00044,00020,000$195,00016,00038,000$141,000 Required: 1)Compute and enter variances in columns 3 and 6.In column 3,enter the variance (difference)between column 2 and column 5;in column 4,label the variance as favorable (F)or unfavorable (U).In column 6,enter the variance between columns 5 and 8,and in column 7 indicate whether this variance is favorable or unfavorable. 2)Which column contains sales volume variances,and which column contains flexible budget variances? 3)Comment on this company's performance.
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