Managerial Accounting (5th Edition)
Managerial Accounting (5th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780134128528
Author: Karen W. Braun, Wendy M. Tietz
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 10, Problem 10.43AP

Prepare a budget with different volumes for planning (Learning Objective 5)

Outrageous Bubbles, Inc., produces multicolored bubble solution used for weddings and other events. The company’s master budget income statement for March follows. It is based on expected sales volume of 55,000 bubble kits.

OUTRAGEOUS BUBBLES, INC.
Master Budget Income Statement
Month Ended March 31
Sales revenue     $ 170,500
Variable expenses:  
Cost of goods sold     $ 68,750
Sales commissions     13,750
Utility expense     5,500
Fixed expenses:  
Salary expense     30,000
Depreciation expense     20,000
Rent expense     15,000
Utility expense     7,000
Total expenses     $160,000
Operating income     $ 10,500

Outrageous Bubbles’ plant capacity is 62,500 kits. If actual volume exceeds 62,500 kits, the company must expand the plant. In that case, salaries will increase by 10%, depreciation by 15%, and rent by $4,000. Fixed utilities will be unchanged by any volume increase.

Requirements

  1. 1. Prepare flexible budget income statements for the company, showing output levels of 55,000, 60,000, and 65,000 kits.
  2. 2. Graph the behavior of the company’s total costs. Use total costs on the y-axis and volume (in thousands of bubble kits) on the x-axis.
  3. 3. Why might Outrageous Bubbles’ managers want to see the graph you prepared in Requirement 2 as well as the columnar format analysis in Requirement 1? What is the disadvantage of the graphic approach?
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Chapter 10 Solutions

Managerial Accounting (5th Edition)

Ch. 10 - Identify and understand responsibility centers...Ch. 10 - Identify types of responsibility centers (Learning...Ch. 10 - Identify centralized and decentralized...Ch. 10 - Prob. 10.4SECh. 10 - Prob. 10.5SECh. 10 - Prob. 10.6SECh. 10 - Calculate ROI (Learning Objective 3) Refer to Epic...Ch. 10 - Prob. 10.8SECh. 10 - Prob. 10.9SECh. 10 - Prob. 10.10SECh. 10 - Prob. 10.11SECh. 10 - Interpret a performance report (Learning Objective...Ch. 10 - Prob. 10.13SECh. 10 - Classify KPIs by balanced scorecard perspective...Ch. 10 - Use vocabulary terms (Learning Objectives 1, 2, 3,...Ch. 10 - Prob. 10.16SECh. 10 - Identify type of responsibility center (Learning...Ch. 10 - Complete and analyze a performance report...Ch. 10 - Prepare a segment margin performance report...Ch. 10 - Compute and interpret the expanded ROI equation...Ch. 10 - Prob. 10.21AECh. 10 - Prob. 10.22AECh. 10 - Comparison of ROI and residual income (Learning...Ch. 10 - Prob. 10.24AECh. 10 - Comprehensive flexible budget problem (Learning...Ch. 10 - Prepare a flexible budget performance report...Ch. 10 - Work backward to find missing values (Learning...Ch. 10 - Construct a balanced scorecard (Learning Objective...Ch. 10 - Sustainability and the balanced scorecard...Ch. 10 - Identify type of responsibility center (Learning...Ch. 10 - Complete and analyze a performance report...Ch. 10 - Prob. 10.32BECh. 10 - Prob. 10.33BECh. 10 - Prob. 10.34BECh. 10 - Prob. 10.35BECh. 10 - Prob. 10.36BECh. 10 - Prob. 10.37BECh. 10 - Prob. 10.38BECh. 10 - Prob. 10.39BECh. 10 - Prob. 10.40BECh. 10 - Prob. 10.41BECh. 10 - Sustainability and the balanced scorecard...Ch. 10 - Prepare a budget with different volumes for...Ch. 10 - Prepare and interpret a performance report...Ch. 10 - Prob. 10.45APCh. 10 - Prob. 10.46APCh. 10 - Prob. 10.47APCh. 10 - Evaluate subunit performance (Learning Objectives...Ch. 10 - Prob. 10.49BPCh. 10 - Prob. 10.50BPCh. 10 - Evaluate divisional performance (Learning...Ch. 10 - Prob. 10.52BPCh. 10 - Determine transfer price at a manufacturer under...Ch. 10 - Evaluate subunit performance (Learning Objectives...Ch. 10 - Prob. 10.55SC
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