Coola Vents Ltd has prepared a fixed budget performance report for the year ended 30June 2017 as
Question:
Coola Vents Ltd has prepared a fixed budget performance report for the year ended 30June 2017 as follows:
Budget | Actual | Variance | ||||||||||
Units of production: | 72 000 | 75 200 | 3 200 | F | ||||||||
Factory overhead: Variable costs: Indirect labour Factory supplies Repairs and maintenance | $ | 108 000 39 600 25 200 | $ | 120 320 41 360 18 800 | $ | 12 320 1 760 6 400 | U U F | |||||
Total variable overhead | 172 800 | 180 480 | 7 680 | U | ||||||||
Fixed costs: Insurance of factory Occupancy costs Depreciation Supervisory salaries | 16 600 24 800 20 700 43 400 | 24 600 25 400 20 700 42 200 | 8 000 600 — 1 200 | U U F | ||||||||
Total fixed overhead | 105 500 | 112 900 | 7 400 | U | ||||||||
Total factory overhead | $ | 278 300 | $ | 293 380 | $ | 15 080 | U |
Required
A. Convert the fixed budget performance report prepared by Coola Vents Ltd to a flexible budget performance report.
B. Explain why there is no variable overhead in the flexible budget for Coola Vents Ltd. Does this mean that expenditure on variable overhead items is satisfactory?
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Accounting
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