Rients Corporation is a service company that measures its output by the number of customers served. The company has provided the following fixed and variable cost estimates that it uses for budgeting purposes and the actual results of operations for October.     Fixed Element per Month Variable Element per Customer Served Actual Total for October Revenue   $ 4,100 $ 182,900 Employee salaries and wages $ 42,300 $ 1,300 $ 98,800 Travel expenses   $ 700 $ 30,500 Other expenses $ 31,500   $ 31,900

Arrasmith Corporation uses customers served as its measure of activity. During February, the company budgeted for 35,500 customers, but actually served 31,000 customers. The company uses the following revenue and cost formulas in its budgeting, where q is the number of customers served: Revenue: $4.00q Wages and salaries: $33,700 + $1.25q Supplies: $0.65q Insurance: $10,900 Miscellaneous expenses: $6,900 + $0.35q The company reported the following actual results for February: $129,800 $ 68,500 $ 14,900 $ 10,900 $ 20,200 Revenue Wages and salaries Supplies Insurance Miscellaneous expense Required: Prepare the company's flexible budget performance report for February. Label each variance as favorable (F) or unfavorable (U). (Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, "U" for unfavorable, and "None" for no effect (i.e., zero variance). Input all amounts as positive values.)

Management at Marvin Limited has provided the following budgeted and actual annual figures for one of its products based on variable costing: Output (production and sales) Sales revenue Direct materials Direct labour Variable overheads Fixed overheads Required: a) b) c) Budget 18,000 units £ Calculate the following: 576,000 (27,000 metres) 132,300 (28,800 hours) 273,600 (28,800 hours) 115,200 8,000 Construct a flexed budget for the actual units made and sold. i. ii. iii. iv. Use your answer to a) above to calculate the sales volume contribution margin variance and interpret this result. Actual 20,200 units £ 828,200 (27,270 metres) 136,350 (40,400 hours) 391,880 (40,400 hours) 193,920 12,150 Sales price variance; Direct materials price and usage variances; Direct labour wage rate and efficiency variances; and Fixed overhead expenditure variance. d) Briefly explain how standard costing and variance analysis support budgetary control within an organisation.

Canniff Air uses two measures of activity, flights and passengers, in the cost formulas in its budgets and performance reports. The cost formula for plane operating costs is $56,760 per month plus $2626 per flight plus $9 per passenger. The company expected its activity in February to be 63 flights and 262 passengers, but the actual activity was 62 flights and 263 passengers. The actual cost for plane operating costs in February was $220,700. The plane operating costs in the planning budget for February would be closest to:

Lenci Corporation manufactures and sells a single product. The company uses units as the measure of activity in its budgets and performance reports. During May, the company budgeted for 5,100 units, but its actual level of activity was 5,050 units. The company has provided the following data concerning the formulas used in its budgeting and its actual results for May: Data used in budgeting: Revenue Direct labor Direct materials Manufacturing overhead Selling and administrative expenses Total expenses Actual results for May: Revenue Direct labor Direct materials Fixed element per month 41,500 22,700 $ 64,200 $ 197,810 $ 28,565 $ 80,265 $ 47,905 $ 22,680 $0 $0 0 Manufacturing overhead Selling and administrative expenses The spending variance for direct materials in May would be closest to: Variable element per unit $ 39.60 $ 5.50 15.70 1.30 0.20 $ 22.70

Winston Company had two products code named X and Y. The firm had the following budget for August: Product X $ 296,040 197,360 $ 98,680 50,000 Product Y $ 541,000 216,400 $324,600 108,000 $216,600 $ 50 $ 48,680 $ 120 Sales Variable Costs Contribution Margin Fixed costs Operating Income Selling Price per unit On September 1, the following actual operating results for August were reported: Product X $366,800 203,500 $ 163,300 58,500 $ 104,800 3,170 Sales Variable Costs Contribution Margin Fixed costs Operating Income Units Sold Product Y $ 546,800 224,500 $322,300 116,500 $ 205,800 9,850 Total industry volume for both products X and Y was estimated to be 138,500 units at the time of the budget. Actual industry volume for the period for products X and Y was 106,800 units. The contribution margin sales volume variance for Product X is: Multiple Choice $12,500 unfavorable. $15,800 favorable. $23,200 favorable. $23,200 unfavorable. Total $ 837, 040 413,760 $ 423,280 158,000 $ 265,280 $28,120…

The following are the budgeted and actual income statements for Tucan Ltd, a manufacturing business, for the month of January: Budget Output (production and sales) Sales revenue Raw materials Labour Fixed overheads Operating profit Output (production and sales) Sales revenue Raw materials Labour Fixed overheads 5,000 units Flexed budget £ 500,000 200,000 150,000 70,000 80,000 £ units Actual 6,000 units £ 630,000 270,000 150,000 78,000 132,000 C

Summer Corporation is an oil well service company that measures its output by the number of wells serviced. The company has provided the following fixed and variable cost estimates that it uses for budgeting purposes. Revenue Employee salaries and wages Servicing materials Other expenses O $87,000 $88,750 Fixed Element per Month O $90,650 O $89,888 S 57,400 S 35,400 When the company prepared its planning budget at the beginning of December, it assumed that 35 wells would have been serviced. However, 33 wells were actually serviced during December. The "Employee salaries and wages" in the flexible budget for December would have been closest to: Variable Element per Well Serviced. S S 4,500 950 700

Gayner Corporation is an oil well service company that measures its output by the number of wells serviced. The company has provided the following fixed and variable cost estimates that it uses for budgeting purposes and the actual results of operations for November. Variable Actual Fixed Element Element per Total for per Month November Well Serviced 4,300 $ 148,400 Revenue Employee salaries and 1,000 $ 006 wages 009 2$ 20,200 Servicing materials $29,600 30,300 Other expenses When the company prepared its planning budget at the beginning of November, it assumed that 30 wells would have been serviced. However, 34 wells were actually serviced during November. The spending variance for "Servicing materials" for November would have been closest to: MacBook Air い DD 888 delete 8. 6 9 %24 %24 %24 %24 %24

Harper Manufacturing determines allocation rates as part of its annual budgeting process, which takes place 1 month before the beginning of the year. The company reports the following manufacturing overhead information as part of its budgeting process: Budgeted MOH Budgeted production (units) Budgeted direct labor hours Cost Pool Cost Pool 1 Cost Pool 2 Total Total Cost $ 6,000,000 $ 9,000,000 $ 15,000,000 $ 15,000,000 25,000,000 40,000 Allocation Base Unit Direct labor hour Question a. Assuming that Harper uses a traditional job costing system with a single allocation base (units), what is the predetermined overhead rate for the upcoming year? Note: Round your answer to 2 decimals. b. Assume Job 189 comprises 36 units and 2 direct labor hours. If Harper uses a traditional job costing system with a single allocation base (units), what is the total manufacturing overhead allocated to the job? Note: Round your answer to 2 decimals. c1. Now assume that Harper uses a two-stage job costing…