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Big Time Videos Inc. makes DVDs to sell to stores around the country. Top management meets on the first Tuesday of the month to evaluate
Big Time Videos Inc. makes DVDs to sell to stores around the country. Top management meets on the first Tuesday of the month to evaluate the previous months performance. Prior to your arrival at the company the accounting department produced the following Static Budget Performance Report for the meeting.
The company had expected to sell 9,800 units but the actual results revealed that only 8,200 units were sold during the month. You notice right away that the actual sales price per unit was $21 and that was more that the budgeted sales price per unit. There were no changes in inventory levels. You are the new financial consultant to the company, and you know that variable costs such as direct materials, direct labor, manufacturing overhead costs vary with the sales volume (units). Moreover, you know that fixed costs are expected to remain the same regardless of the sales volume but it is not likely that fixed costs can be estimated (budgeted) exactly so some differences can be expected. At the beginning of the meeting the CEO of company blurts out Operating Income so lowonly $9,700.then pointing to the favorable variable cost variances..how in the world can there be so many favorable variances in the Static Budget Performance Report? There is silence. More silence.then you hear it (you knew this was coming). As our new financial consultant, what are your thoughts on the subject? Your reply.Thank you for asking, the Static Budget Performance Report does not explain how much of the variances are a result of the difference in the sales PRICE per unit and COSTS per unit, nor does it explain how much of the variances are a result of the difference in the number of UNITS sold. To help explain the variances I will prepare a Flexible Budget Performance Report.
Big Time Videos Inc. | ||||
Static Budget Performance Report | ||||
For the Month Ended January 31, 2018 | ||||
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Budget Amt. | Results | Budget | Variance | F or U |
Units per Unit | 8,200 | 9,800 | 1,600 | U |
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Sales Revenue $20.00 | $ 172,200 | $ 196,000 | $23,800 | U |
Variable Costs-Manufacturing |
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Direct Materials $10.00 | 77,500 | 98,000 | 20,500 | F |
Direct Labor $ 1.10 | 7,700 | 10,780 | 3,080 | F |
Overhead $ .55 | 4,300 | 5,390 | 1,090 | F |
Total Variable Costs | 89,500 | 114,170 | 24,670 | F |
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Contribution Margin | 82,700 | 81,830 | 870 | F |
Fixed Costs: |
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Manufacturing - Salaries | 31,100 | 30,050 | 1,050 | U |
Manufacturing -Depreciation | 20,900 | 21,400 | 500 | F |
Selling Costs - Salaries | 12,900 | 10,825 | 2,075 | U |
Selling Costs - Advertising | 8,100 | 6,850 | 1,250 | U |
Total Fixed Costs | 73,000 | 69,125 | 3,875 | U |
Operating Income | 9,700 | 12,705 | 3,005 | U |
Your Plan: 1. Prepare a report that provides more information (prepare a flexible budget performance report for the actual number of units sold)so you will need to complete the Flexible Budget column based on your knowledge of the behavior of variable cost and fixed cost. Then identify the variance caused by Price/Cost and the variance caused by the difference in the number of units sold. Complete your work using this Word document. After completing Flexible Budget Performance Report answer questions 2 thru 7 below in the response space provided.
Big Time Videos Inc. | ||||||||
Flexible Budget Performance Report | ||||||||
For the Month Ended January 31, 2018 | ||||||||
| Actual |
| F or U | Flexible |
| F or U | Static |
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Units | 8,200 |
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| 8,200 | 1,600 |
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Sales Revenue | $ 172,200 | $ |
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| $196,000 |
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Variable Costs-Manufacturing |
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Direct Materials | 77,500 |
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| 98,000 |
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Direct Labor | 7,700 |
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| 10,780 |
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Overhead | 4,300 |
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| 5,390 |
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Total Variable Costs | 89,500 |
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| 114,170 |
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Contribution Margin | 82,700 |
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| 81,830 |
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Fixed Costs: |
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Manufacturing - Salaries | 31,100 |
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| 30,050 |
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Manufacturing -Depreciation | 20,900 |
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| 21,400 |
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Selling Costs - Salaries | 12,900 |
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| 10,825 |
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Selling Costs - Advertising | 8,100 |
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| 6,850 |
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Total Fixed Costs | 73,000 |
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| 69,125 |
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Operating Income (loss) | 9,700 | 10,355 | F | (655) | 13,360 | U | 12,705 |
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2. Identify the amount of Flexible Budget Variance, Sales Volume Variance and Static Budget Variance. Discuss the meaning/relevance of each. Response:
3. Answer the CEOs question about the low operating income of $9,700.yet there are so many Favorable variances, including the Favorable Operating Income Variance of $10,355. How can that be?
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4. Which of the variances in the performance report should be investigated and why? What are the possible explanations for each variance (we don't have all of the underlying information but will want to discuss some of the possible reasons for Sales Revenue and Costs being higher or lower than expected (no exact perfect answer...just think logically about what may have happened).
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5. Based on your analysis, how would you rate the companys performance? Why? Response: 6. To help explain what happened, provide a brief description of the information that the report provides including the basic difference between variable and fixed costs. Response:
7. You want to impress the CEO, so you want to go above and beyond what you were asked to do. Calculate the breakeven point in Sales Revenue in Dollars and Units and calculate the Sales Revenue in Dollars and Units that would be required for the company to make $20,000 (target profit). (chapter 20) Response:
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