Question 1:

Flexible budget. Brabham Enterprises manufactures tires for the Formula I motor racing circuit. For August 2020, it budgeted to manufacture and sell 2,500 tires at a variable cost of $67 per tire and total fixed costs of $74,000. The budgeted selling price was $120 per tire. Actual results in August 2020 were 5,200 tires manufactured and sold at a selling price of $105 per tire. The actual total variable costs were $260,000, and the actual total fixed costs were $65,000

1. Prepare a performance report with a flexible budget and a static budget.

2. Comment on the results in requirement 1.

Question 2: What is the difference between static budget and the flexible budget?

Question 3: Write 2 possible causes of a favourable material rate variance?

Question 4: Write 2 possible causes for a unfavourable direct manufacturing labour efficiency variance?