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 |
$79,900 |
$162,000 |
3,400 labor hours |
Correspondence |
$9,612 |
$21,000 |
2,700 letters |
Account billing |
$127,500 |
$73,000 |
2,550,000 lines |
Payment verification |
$8,800 |
$80,000 |
22,000 accounts |
In September, actual total costs and activity were as follows:
Activity Center |
Total Costs |
Driver Amount |
Statement inquiry |
$238,830 |
3,270 labor hours |
Correspondence |
$31,214 |
2,690 letters |
Account billing |
$201,327 |
2,550,000 lines |
Payment verification |
$89,265 |
21,840 accounts |
Required
Compute the flexible-budget variances for the following two
activity cost items (round unit costs to two decimal places and
enter favorable variances as positive numbers and unfavorable
variances as negative numbers):
Correspondence
Account billing
Flexible budget | |||
Budgeted Costs | |||
Correspondence |
$21,000 + ($9,612 / 2,700 x 2,690 ) |
$30,576.40 | |
Account Billing | $73,000 + ($127,500/ 2,550,000 x 2,550,000 ) | $200,500 | |
Flexible budget variance: = Budgeted costs (-) Actual Costs | |||
Correspondence | $30,576.40 (-) $31,214 | ($637.60) | Unfavourable |
Account Billing | $200,500 (-) $201,327 | ($827 | Unfavourable |
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