Cost Accounting (15th Edition)
Cost Accounting (15th Edition)
15th Edition
ISBN: 9780133428704
Author: Charles T. Horngren, Srikant M. Datar, Madhav V. Rajan
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 7, Problem 7.18E

1.

To determine

Static budget variance analysis for September’s performance.

Given information:

September 2014,

Budgeted sales are 15,000 checkbooks.

Budgeted selling price is $ 20 per checkbook.

Variable cost is $8 per checkbook.

Fixed cost for the month is $145,000.

Actual sales are 12,000 checkbooks.

Actual selling price is $21 per checkbook.

Variable cost is $7 per book.

Fixed cost for the month is $150,000.

2.

To determine

Flexible budget variance analysis for September’s performance.

3.

To determine

To explain: Reasons for flexible budget based variance analysis being more informative than static budget based variance analysis.

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