A.L.T. Furniture, Incorporated is a chair repair company. The company bases its budgets and performance reports on two measures of activity (i.e., cost drivers), chairs repaired and repair hours. Each chair is repaired for a flat fee regardless of the hours worked on the chair. The company uses the following data in its budgeting:
In January, the company budgeted for 183 chairs and 889 repair hours. The actual activity for the month was 190 chairs and 732 hours.
Required:Prepare a planning budget, a flexible budget, and a performance report showing the company's activity and revenue and spending variances for January. On the performance report indicate in each case whether the variance is favorable (F) or unfavorable (U).

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A.L.T. Furniture, Incorporated is a chair repair company. The company bases its budgets and performance reports on two measures of activity (i.e., cost drivers), chairs repaired and repair hours. Each chair is repaired for a flat fee regardless of the hours worked on the chair. The company uses the following data in its budgeting:
  In January, the company budgeted for 183 chairs and 889 repair hours. The actual activity for the month was 190 chairs and 732 hours.
Required:Prepare a planning budget, a flexible budget, and a performance report showing the company's activity and revenue and spending variances for January. On the performance report indicate in each case whether the variance is favorable (F) or unfavorable (U).

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The Answer of A.L.T. Furniture, Incorporated is a chair repair company. The company bases its budgets and performance reports on two measures of activity (i.e., cost drivers), chairs repaired and repair hours. Each chair is repaired for a flat fee regardless of the hours worked on the chair. The company uses the following data in its budgeting:
  In January, the company budgeted for 183 chairs and 889 repair hours. The actual activity for the month was 190 chairs and 732 hours.
Required:Prepare a planning budget, a flexible budget, and a performance report showing the company's activity and revenue and spending variances for January. On the performance report indicate in each case whether the variance is favorable (F) or unfavorable (U).

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