As the new accountant for Cohen & Co., you have been asked to provide a succinct analysis of financial performance for the year just ended. You obtain the following information that pertains to the company's sole product: Master (Static) Actual Budget Units sold Sales 35,000 40,000 $385,000 $460,000 Variable costs 215,000 Fixed costs 148,125 275,000 140,000 Required: 1. What was the actual operating income for the period? 2. What was the company's master (static) budget operating income for the period? 3. (a) What was the total master (static) budget variance, in terms of operating income, for the period? (b) Is this variance favorable (F) or unfavorable (1112 (Note: The total master (static) budget variance is also referred to as the total operating income variance for the

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As the new accountant for Cohen & Co., you have been asked to provide a succinct analysis of financial performance for the year just
ended. You obtain the following information that pertains to the company's sole product:
Master
(Static)
Actual
Budget
Units sold
35,000
40,000
Sales
$385,000
$460,000
Variable costs
215,000
Fixed costs
148,125
275,000
140,000
Required:
1. What was the actual operating income for the period?
2. What was the company's master (static) budget operating income for the period?
3. (a) What was the total master (static) budget variance, in terms of operating income, for the period? (b) Is this variance favorable (F)
or unfavorable (U)? (Note: The total master (static) budget variance is also referred to as the total operating income variance for the
period.) (If a variance has no amount, select "None" in the corresponding dropdown cell.)
4. The total master (static) budget variance for a period can be decomposed into a total flexible-budget variance and a sales volume
variance. (a) What was the total flexible-budget variance for the period? (b) Was this variance favorable (F) or unfavorable (U)? (c) What
was the sales volume variance for the period? (d) Was this variance favorable (F) or unfavorable (U)? (Do not round your intermediate
calculations. If a variance has no amount, select "None" in the corresponding dropdown cell.)
1. Actual operating income
2.
Master budget operating income
3. Total master budget variance
4. Total flexible-budget variance
Sales volume variance
Transcribed Image Text:As the new accountant for Cohen & Co., you have been asked to provide a succinct analysis of financial performance for the year just ended. You obtain the following information that pertains to the company's sole product: Master (Static) Actual Budget Units sold 35,000 40,000 Sales $385,000 $460,000 Variable costs 215,000 Fixed costs 148,125 275,000 140,000 Required: 1. What was the actual operating income for the period? 2. What was the company's master (static) budget operating income for the period? 3. (a) What was the total master (static) budget variance, in terms of operating income, for the period? (b) Is this variance favorable (F) or unfavorable (U)? (Note: The total master (static) budget variance is also referred to as the total operating income variance for the period.) (If a variance has no amount, select "None" in the corresponding dropdown cell.) 4. The total master (static) budget variance for a period can be decomposed into a total flexible-budget variance and a sales volume variance. (a) What was the total flexible-budget variance for the period? (b) Was this variance favorable (F) or unfavorable (U)? (c) What was the sales volume variance for the period? (d) Was this variance favorable (F) or unfavorable (U)? (Do not round your intermediate calculations. If a variance has no amount, select "None" in the corresponding dropdown cell.) 1. Actual operating income 2. Master budget operating income 3. Total master budget variance 4. Total flexible-budget variance Sales volume variance
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