The National Park Service prepared the following budget for one of its national parks for 20X1: Revenue
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The National Park Service prepared the following budget for one of its national parks for 20X1:
Revenue from fees ………………. $5,000,000
Variable costs (miscellaneous) ……… 500,000
Contribution margin …………….. $4,500,000
Fixed costs (miscellaneous) ……… 4,500,000
Income ……………………………. $ 0
The fees were based on an average of 25,000 vehicle-admission days (vehicles multiplied by number of days in parks) per week for the 20-week season, multiplied by average entry and other fees of $10 per vehicle-admission day.
The season was booming for the first 4 weeks. During the fifth week, however, there were major forest fires. A large percentage of the park was scarred by the fires. As a result, the number of visitors to the park dropped sharply during the remainder of the season.
Total revenues fell $1.2 million short of the original budget. Variable costs fell as expected, and fixed costs were unaffected except for hiring extra firefighters at a cost of $300,000.
Prepare a columnar summary of performance, showing the original (static) budget, sales-activity variances, flexible budget, flexible-budget variances, and actual results.
Contribution MarginContribution margin is an important element of cost volume profit analysis that managers carry out to assess the maximum number of units that are required to be at the breakeven point. Contribution margin is the profit before fixed cost and taxes...
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Introduction to Management Accounting
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Authors: Charles Horngren, Gary Sundem, Jeff Schatzberg, Dave Burgsta