Managerial Accounting: Creating Value in a Dynamic Business Environment
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ISBN: 9781260417074
Author: HILTON, Ronald
Publisher: MCGRAW-HILL HIGHER EDUCATION
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Chapter 11, Problem 55C
1.
To determine
Prepare a new contribution report for the month of April based on a flexible budget.
2.
To determine
State the total contribution margin in the flexible budget column of the new report prepared under requirement (1).
3.
To determine
Describe the meaning of the total contribution margin in the flexible budget column of the new report prepared for the month of April.
4.
To determine
Ascertain the total variance between the flexible budget contribution margin and the actual contribution margin of the new report prepared from requirement (1) and calculate the following variances in order to explain this total contribution margin variance.
- a. Direct-material price variance.
- b. Direct-material quantity variance.
- c. Direct-labor rate variance.
- d. Direct-labor efficiency variance.
- e. Variable-overhead spending variance.
- f. Variable-overhead efficiency variance.
- g. Sales-price variance.
5. a
To determine
Describe the problems that the company might face when using direct-labor hours as the basis for applying Overhead.
5. b
To determine
Describe the manner in which the activity-based costing (ABC) would solve the problems described in requirement (5a).
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Chapter 11 Solutions
Managerial Accounting: Creating Value in a Dynamic Business Environment
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