Managerial Accounting
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Chapter 9, Problem 1F15
Adger Corporation is a service company that measures its output based on the number of customers served. The company provided the following fixed and variable cost estimates that it uses for budgeting purposes and the actual results for May as shown below:
When preparing its planning budget the company estimated that it would serve 30 customers per month: however, during May the company actually served 35 customers.
Required (all computations pertain to the month of May):
1. What amount of revenue would be included in Adger’s flexible budget?
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Adger Corporation is a service company that measures its output based on the number of customers served. The
company provided the following fixed and variable cost estimates for budgeting purposes and the actual results for May
as shown below:
Revenue
Employee salaries and wages
Travel expenses
Other expenses
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Fixed Element
per Month
$ 55,000
$ 34,000
When preparing its planning budget, the company estimated it would serve 30 customers per month; however, during May
the company actually served 35 customers.
Answer is complete but not entirely correct.
5,283,600 F
Activity variance
Variable Element
per Customer
Served
$ 5,600
$ 1,600
$ 850
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Actual Total for
May
$ 182,000
$ 110,300
14. What activity variance would Adger report in May with respect to its revenue?
Note: 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.
$ 27,200
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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.
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Actual Total for October
Revenue
$ 4,100
$ 182,900
Employee salaries and wages
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Travel expenses
$ 700
$ 30,500
Other expenses
$ 31,500
$ 31,900
When the company prepared its planning budget at the beginning of October, it assumed that 39 customers would have been served. However, 44 customers were actually served during October.
The spending variance for “Employee salaries and wages” for October would have been closest to:
Multiple Choice
A. $700 F
B. $5,800 U
C. $700 U
D. $5,800 F
Korsak 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.
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Employee salaries and wages
$ 43,700
$ 43,200
Travel expenses
Other expenses
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$ 5,500
$ 1,100
$ 500
The planning budget for October was based on serving 23 customers, but a total of 19 customers were actually served during October.
The activity variance for net operating income for October would have been closest to:
Multiple Choice
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О
$15,600 U
о
$12,500 F
$15,600 F
$12,500 U
Chapter 9 Solutions
Managerial Accounting
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