Lasting Bubbles, Inc., produces multicoloured bubble solution used for weddings and other events. The company's static budget
Question:
Lasting Bubbles, Inc., produces multicoloured bubble solution used for weddings and other events. The company's static budget income statement for August is as follows.
It is based on expected sales volume of 55,000 bubble kits.
LASTING BUBBLES, INC.
Static Budget Income Statement
Sales revenue .........................................................................................$165,000
Variable expenses:
Cost of goods sold ....................................................................................63,250
Sales commissions ...................................................................................13,750
Utilities expense ......................................................................................11,000
Fixed expenses:
Salary expense.........................................................................................32,000
Depreciation expense ............................................................................20,000
Rent expense...........................................................................................11,000
Utilities expense .......................................................................................5,000
Total expenses.......................................................................................156,000
Operating income..................................................................................$9,000
Lasting 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 $5,800. Fixed utilities will be unchanged by any volume increase.
Requirements
1. Prepare flexible budget income statements for the company, showing output levels of 55,000, 60,000, and 65,000 kits.
2. Graph the behaviour of the company's total costs.
3. Why might Lasting 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?
Step by Step Answer:
Managerial Accounting
ISBN: 978-0133025071
2nd canadian edition
Authors: Karen W. Braun, Wendy M. Tietz, Rhonda Pyper