Exam 9: Flexible Budgets and Performance Analysis

Neeb Corporation manufactures and sells a single product. The company uses units as the measure of activity in its budgets and performance reports. During January, the company budgeted for 7,000 units, but its actual level of activity was 7,040 units. The company has provided the following data concerning the formulas used in its budgeting and its actual results for January:Data used in budgeting: Actual results for January: The spending variance for manufacturing overhead in January would be closest to:

Fager Clinic uses client-visits as its measure of activity. During February, the clinic budgeted for 2,200 client-visits, but its actual level of activity was 2,250 client-visits. The clinic has provided the following data concerning the formulas used in its budgeting and its actual results for February:Data used in budgeting: Actual results for February: The personnel expenses in the planning budget for February would be closest to:

Vondran Clinic uses patient-visits as its measure of activity. During December, the clinic budgeted for 3,600 patient-visits, but its actual level of activity was 3,100 patient-visits. The clinic has provided the following data concerning the formulas used in its budgeting and its actual results for December:Data used in budgeting: Actual results for December: Required:Prepare the clinic's flexible budget performance report for December. Label each variance as favorable (F) or unfavorable (U).

Barrom Memorial Diner is a charity supported by donations that provides free meals to the homeless. The diner's budget for July is to be based on 2,000 meals. The diner's director has provided the following cost formulas to use in the budget: Required:Prepare the diner's budget for the month of July. The budget will only contain the costs listed above; no revenues will be on the budget.

Otomo Jeep Tours operates jeep tours in the heart of the Colorado Rockies. The company bases its budgets on two measures of activity (i.e., cost drivers), namely guests and jeeps. One vehicle used in one tour on one day counts as a jeep. Each jeep has one tour guide. The company uses the following data in its budgeting: In July, the company budgeted for 389 guests and 180 jeeps. The company's income statement showing the actual results for the month appears below: Required:Prepare a report showing the company's activity variances for July. Label each variance as favorable (F) or unfavorable (U).

Dunbar Footwear Corporation's flexible budget cost formula for supplies, a variable cost, is $2.67 per unit of output. The company's flexible budget performance report for last month showed a $9,604 favorable spending variance for supplies. During that month, 19,600 units were produced. Budgeted activity for the month had been 19,200 units. The actual cost per unit for indirect materials must have been closest to:

Dinham Kennel uses tenant-days as its measure of activity; an animal housed in the kennel for one day is counted as one tenant-day. During March, the kennel budgeted for 4,500 tenant-days, but its actual level of activity was 4,560 tenant-days. The kennel has provided the following data concerning the formulas used in its budgeting and its actual results for March:Data used in budgeting: Actual results for March: The overall revenue and spending variance (i.e., the variance for net operating income in the revenue and spending variance column on the flexible budget performance report) for March would be closest to:

Cardero Midwifery's cost formula for its wages and salaries is $2,280 per month plus $348 per birth. For the month of August, the company planned for activity of 118 births, but the actual level of activity was 116 births. The actual wages and salaries for the month was $44,120. The wages and salaries in the planning budget for August would be closest to:

Virgen Kennel uses tenant-days as its measure of activity; an animal housed in the kennel for one day is counted as one tenant-day. During May, the kennel budgeted for 3,700 tenant-days, but its actual level of activity was 3,690 tenant-days. The kennel has provided the following data concerning the formulas used in its budgeting and its actual results for May:Data used in budgeting Actual results for May: The administrative expenses in the planning budget for May would be closest to:

Rossean Tech is a for-profit vocational school. The school bases its budgets on two measures of activity (i.e., cost drivers), namely student and course. The school uses the following data in its budgeting: In October, the school budgeted for 1,400 students and 127 courses. The actual activity for the month was 1,500 students and 129 courses.Required:Prepare a report showing the school's activity variances for October. Label each variance as favorable (F) or unfavorable (U).

Chimilio Clinic uses client-visits as its measure of activity. During June, the clinic budgeted for 3,400 client-visits, but its actual level of activity was 3,360 client-visits. The clinic has provided the following data concerning the formulas used in its budgeting and its actual results for June:Data used in budgeting: Actual results for January: The net operating income in the flexible budget for June would be closest to:

Pratte Boat Wash's cost formula for its cleaning equipment and supplies is $2,540 per month plus $45 per boat. For the month of April, the company planned for activity of 59 boats, but the actual level of activity was 11 boats. The actual cleaning equipment and supplies for the month was $3,260.The activity variance for cleaning equipment and supplies in April would be closest to:

Rhed Kennel uses tenant-days as its measure of activity; an animal housed in the kennel for one day is counted as one tenant-day. During December, the kennel budgeted for 3,700 tenant-days, but its actual level of activity was 3,650 tenant-days. The kennel has provided the following data concerning the formulas used in its budgeting and its actual results for December:Data used in budgeting: Actual results for December: The spending variance for facility expenses in December would be closest to:

Bluemel Air uses two measures of activity, flights and passengers, in the cost formulas in its budgets and performance reports. The cost formula for plane operating costs is $43,670 per month plus $2,879 per flight plus $10 per passenger. The company expected its activity in December to be 85 flights and 281 passengers, but the actual activity was 90 flights and 278 passengers. The actual cost for plane operating costs in December was $314,740. The plane operating costs in the flexible budget for December would be closest to:

Cosden Corporation is an oil well service company that measures its output by the number of wells serviced. The company has provided the following fixed and variable cost estimates that it uses for budgeting purposes. When the company prepared its planning budget at the beginning of May, it assumed that 29 wells would have been serviced. However, 31 wells were actually serviced during May.The total expenses in the flexible budget for May would have been closest to:

Skoff Corporation is a shipping container refurbishment company that measures its output by the number of containers refurbished. The company has provided the following fixed and variable cost estimates that it uses for budgeting purposes and the actual results of operations for March. When the company prepared its planning budget at the beginning of March, it assumed that 35 containers would have been refurbished. However, 32 containers were actually refurbished during March.The activity variance for "Refurbishing materials" for March would have been closest to:

Gordin Kennel uses tenant-days as its measure of activity; an animal housed in the kennel for one day is counted as one tenant-day. During May, the kennel budgeted for 3,000 tenant-days, but its actual level of activity was 3,020 tenant-days. The kennel has provided the following data concerning the formulas used in its budgeting and its actual results for May:Data used in budgeting: Actual results for May: The spending variance for food and supplies in May would be closest to:

Higgs Enterprise's flexible budget cost formula for indirect materials, a variable cost, is $0.75 per unit of output. If the company's performance report for last month shows a $600 favorable spending variance for indirect materials and if 8,000 units of output were produced last month, then the actual costs incurred for indirect materials for the month must have been:

Trevorrow Corporation manufactures and sells a single product. The company uses units as the measure of activity in its budgets and performance reports. During June, the company budgeted for 6,200 units, but its actual level of activity was 6,160 units. The company has provided the following data concerning the formulas used in its budgeting and its actual results for June:Data used in budgeting: Actual results for June: The net operating income in the planning budget for June would be closest to:

Picozzi Snow Removal's cost formula for its vehicle operating cost is $2,060 per month plus $306 per snow-day. For the month of January, the company planned for activity of 16 snow-days, but the actual level of activity was 18 snow-days. The actual vehicle operating cost for the month was $7,720. The vehicle operating cost in the planning budget for January would be closest to: