The following is total monthly budgeted cost and activity
information for the four activity centers in the billing department
of Oregon Power Company:
Activity Center |
Variable |
Fixed |
Cost Driver |
Statement inquiry |
$81,180 |
$166,000 |
3,300 labor hours |
Correspondence |
$9,884 |
$23,000 |
2,800 letters |
Account billing |
$175,000 |
$76,000 |
2,500,000 lines |
Payment verification |
$10,865 |
$79,000 |
20,500 accounts |
In September, actual costs and activity were as follows:
Activity Center |
Total Costs |
Driver Amount |
Statement inquiry |
$245,499 |
3,250 labor hours |
Correspondence |
$33,036 |
2,820 letters |
Account billing |
$241,967 |
2,370,000 lines |
Payment verification |
$89,786 |
20,450 accounts |
Required
Compute the flexible-budget variances for the following two
activity cost items (round all answers to the nearest dollar and
enter favorable variances as positive numbers and unfavorable
variances as negative numbers):
Correspondence ?
Payment verification ?
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