Flexible Budgeting and Variance Analysis I Love My Chocolate Company makes dark chocolate and light chocolate. Both products require cocoa and sugar. The following planning Information has been made available: Standard Amount per Case Dark Light Chocolate Chocolate 11 lb. 8 lb. 9 lb. 13 lb. Standard Price per Pound $5.4 0.6 Cocoa Sugar Standard labor time 0.3 hr. 0.4 hr. Dark Chocolate Light Chocolate Planned production 5,100 cases 13,900 cases Standard labor rate $15 per hr. $15 per hr. I Love My Chocolate does not expect there to be any beginning or ending inventories of cocoa or sugar. At the end of the budget year, I Love My Chocolate Company had the following actual results: Dark Chocolate Light Chocolate 14,500 4,800 Actual production (cases) Actual Pounds Purchased and Actual Price per Pound Used Previous Actual Price per Actual Pounds Purchased and Pound Cocoa Used Sugar $5.5 0.55 Actual Labor Rate Dark chocolate Light chocolate 169,600 225,900 Actual Labor Hours Used 1,310 5,940 $14.5 per hr. 15.5 per hr Required: Prepare the following variance analyses for both chocolates and total, based on the actual results and production levels at the end of the budget year: a. Direct materials price variance, direct materiais quantity variance, and total variance. b. Direct labor rate variance, direct labor time variance, and total variance. Enter a favorable variance as a negative number using a minus sign and an unfavorable variance as a positive number. If there is no variance, enter a zero. a. Direct materials price variance Direct materials quantity variance Total direct materials cost variance b. Direct labor rate variance Direct labor time variance Previous Light chocolate 15.5 per hr. Required: 5,940 Prepare the following variance analyses for both chocolates and total, based on the actual results and production levels at the end of the budget year: a. Direct materials price variance, direct materials quantity variance, and total variance. b. Direct labor rate variance, direct labor time variance, and total variance. Enter a favorable variance as a negative number using a minus sign and an unfavorable variance as a positive number. If there is no variance, enter a zero. a. Direct materials price variance Direct materials quantity variance Total direct materials cost variance b. Direct labor rate variance Direct labor time variance Total direct labor cost variance 2. The variance analyses should be based on the amounts at volumes. The budget must flex with the volume changes. If the volume is different from the planned volume, as it was in this case, then the budget used for performance evaluation should reflect the change in direct materials and direct labor that will be required for the production. In this way, spending from volume changes can be separated from efficiency and price variances. Previous