Solomon Publications established the following standard price and costs for a hardcover picture book that the company produces.
Standard price and variable costs | |||
Sales price | $ | 37.00 | |
Materials cost | 8.00 | ||
Labor cost | 3.70 | ||
Overhead cost | 5.50 | ||
Selling, general, and administrative costs | 6.90 | ||
Planned fixed costs | |||
Manufacturing overhead | $ | 127,000 | |
Selling, general, and administrative | 48,000 | ||
Assume that Solomon actually produced and sold 24,000 books. The actual sales price and costs incurred follow:
Actual price and variable costs | |||
Sales price | $ | 36.00 | |
Materials cost | 8.20 | ||
Labor cost | 3.60 | ||
Overhead cost | 5.55 | ||
Selling, general, and administrative costs | 6.70 | ||
Actual fixed costs | |||
Manufacturing overhead | $ | 112,000 | |
Selling, general, and administrative | 54,000 | ||
Required
a. & b. Determine the flexible budget variances and also indicate the effect of each variance by selecting favorable (F) or unfavorable (U). (Select "None" if there is no effect (i.e., zero variance).)
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