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> Use the standard price and cost data provided in Exercise 8-1B. Assume the actual sales price was $14.75 per unit and the actual variable cost was $6.80 per unit. The actual fixed manufacturing cost was $33,500, and the actual selling and administrative

> Use the information provided in Exercise 8-1B. 1. Determine the sales and variable cost volume variances. 2. Classify the variances as favorable or unfavorable. 3. Comment on the usefulness of the variances with respect to performance evaluation and iden

> Compute variances for the following items and indicate whether each variance is favorable (F) or unfavorable (U).

> Indicate whether each of the following variances is favorable (F) or unfavorable (U). The first one has been done as an example.

> Higbee Manufacturing Company established a predetermined fixed overhead cost rate of $80 per unit of product. The company planned to make 19,000 units of product but actually produced 20,000 units. Actual fixed overhead costs were $1,600,000. Required 1.

> Brisco Manufacturing Company established a predetermined variable overhead cost rate of $12.00 per direct labor hour. The actual variable overhead cost rate was $11.40 per direct labor hour. Brisco planned to use 150,000 hours of direct labor. It actuall

> Fashion Hair is a hair salon. It planned to provide 240 hair color treatments during December. Each treatment was planned to require 0.6 hour of labor at the standard labor price of $25.00 per hour. The salon actually provided 250 treatments. The actual

> Sparta Landscaping Company established the following standard labor cost data to provide complete lawn care service (cutting, edging, trimming, and blowing) for a small lawn. Sparta planned each lawn to require 2 hours of labor at a cost of $18.00 per ho

> Monroe Manufacturing Company incurred an unfavorable labor price variance. Required 1. Describe a scenario in which the personnel manager is responsible for the unfavorable price variance. 2. Describe a scenario in which the production manager is respons

> Wayne Pittman Inc. makes ice cream that it sells in 5-gallon containers to retail ice cream parlors. During Year 2, the company planned to make 100,000 containers of ice cream. It actually produced 97,000 containers. The actual and standard quantity and

> The following trial balance was drawn from the records of Havel Company as of October 1, Year 2. Required 1. Divide the class into groups, each with four or five students. Organize the groups into three sections. Assign Task 1 to the first section, Task

> Amity Company makes paint that it sells in 1-gallon containers to retail home improvement stores. During Year 3, the company planned to make 190,000 gallons of paint. It actually produced 198,000 gallons. The standard and actual quantity and cost of the

> Thelma Merritt manages the Spring Candy Shop, which was expected to sell 4,000 servings of its trademark candy during July. Each serving was expected to contain 6 ounces of candy. The standard cost of the candy was $1.20 per ounce. The shop actually sold

> Imboden Manufacturing Company established the following standard price and cost data. Sales price $  15 per unit Variable manufacturing cost $ 7 per unit Fixed manufacturing cost $32,500 total Fixed selling and administrative cost $24,000 total Imboden p

> Clement Oil Corporation, which distributes gasoline products to independent gasoline stations, had $240,000 of cost of goods sold in January. The company expects a 2.5 percent increase in cost of goods sold during February. The ending inventory balance f

> Glendo Grocery buys and sells groceries in a community far from any major city. Travis Glendo, the owner, budgeted the store’s purchases as follows. Glendo’s suppliers require that 70 percent of accounts payable be pai

> Elgin Drugstores Inc. sells prescription drugs, over-the-counter drugs, and some groceries. The purchasing manager prepared the following inventory purchases budget. For this year, Elgin expects an ending inventory balance equal to 10 percent of the foll

> Temple Greetings Corporation sells greeting cards for various occasions. Required Write a brief memo describing the sales pattern that you would expect Temple Greetings to experience during the year. In which months will sales likely be high? Explain why

> Lingo Corporation is about to start a business as an agricultural products distributor. Because its customers will all be retailers, Lingo will sell its products solely on account. The company expects to collect 50 percent of accounts receivable in the m

> Plano International Company has three subsidiaries, Seymour Trading Company, Archer Medical Supplies Company, and Milsap Shipping Company. Because the subsidiaries operate in different industries, Plano’s corporate budget for the coming

> Mansfield Imports Inc. sells goods imported from Europe. Using the second quarter’s sales budget, Stan Farrell is trying to complete the schedule of cash receipts for the quarter. The company had accounts receivable of $155,000 on April

> Maria Gutierrez and Devin Cuncan recently graduated from the same university. After graduation they decided not to seek jobs at established organizations but, rather, to start their own small business hoping they could have more flexibility in their pers

> Horatio Restaurant is opening for business in a new shopping center. Carl Mendoza, the owner, is preparing a sales budget for the next three months. After consulting friends in the same business, Mr. Mendoza estimated July revenues as shown in the follow

> Hansboro Corporation’s budget planning meeting is like a zoo. Neil Gleason, the credit manager, is naturally conservative and Rachel Lawson, the marketing manager, is the opposite. They have argued back and forth about the effect of var

> Edgar Tilley, the president of Hellock Corporation, has been working with his controller to manage the company’s cash position. The controller provided Edgar the following data. Balance of accounts receivable, June 30 $ 30,000 Balance of line of credit,

> Oscar Fox, the accounting manager of Onaka Antique Company, is preparing his company’s cash budget for the next quarter. Onaka desires to maintain a cash balance of $2,000 at the end of each month. As cash flows fluctuate, the company e

> Ted Noolan, managing partner of Noolan Business Consulting, is preparing a budget for January Year 1, the first month of business operations. Ted estimates the following monthly selling and administrative expenses: office lease, $2,700; utilities, $800;

> The controller for Braddock Laundry Services prepared the following list of expected selling and administrative expenses. All expenses requiring cash payments except salary expense and insurance are paid for in the month incurred. Salary is paid in the m

> Beverly Keegan has been at odds with her brother and business partner, Leon, since childhood. The sibling rivalry is not all bad, however; their garden shop, Keegan Gardens and Gifts, has been very successful. When the partners met to prepare the coming

> Eric Lane, the controller of Harrison Industries, is very popular. He is easygoing and does not offend anybody. To develop the company’s most recent budget, Mr. Lane first asked all department managers to prepare their own budgets. He then added together

> Benton Company produces and sells a food processor that it prices at a 32 percent markup on total cost. Based on data pertaining to producing and selling 50,000 food processors, Benton computes the sales price per food processor as follows. Unit-level co

> Describe the qualitative factors that Wilcox should consider before making the decision described in Exercise 6-7B. Data from Exercise 6-7B: Wilcox Automotive Company manufactures an engine designed for motorcycles and markets the product using its own

> Refer to Problem 6-32A. Required 1. Prepare a spreadsheet to solve Requirements a, b, and c in Problem 6-32A. 2. While constructing formulas for Requirement a of Problem 6-32A, include a formula to calculate contribution margin per labor hour. 3. While c

> Wilcox Automotive Company manufactures an engine designed for motorcycles and markets the product using its own brand name. Although Wilcox has the capacity to produce 50,000 engines annually, it currently produces and sells only 30,000 units per year. T

> Avery Textile Company manufactures high-quality bed sheets and sells them in sets to a well-known retail company for $80 a set. Avery has sufficient capacity to produce 150,000 sets of sheets annually; the retail company currently purchases 100,000 sets

> Two years ago, Corey Jemison bought a truck for $35,000 to offer delivery services. Corey earns $40,000 a year operating as an independent trucker. He has an opportunity to sell his truck for $18,750 and take a position as an instructor in a truck drivin

> Costs can be classified into one of four categories, including unit-level, batch-level, product-level, or facility-level costs. Required Classify each of the items listed below into one of the four categories listed previously. The first item has been ca

> Ender Phones Inc. makes telephones that it sells to department stores throughout the United States. Ender is trying to decide which of two telephone models to manufacture. The company could produce either telephone with its existing machinery. Cost data

> Norwood Technologies has the capacity to annually produce either 50,000 desktop computers or 28,000 laptop computers. Relevant data for each product follow. Required Assuming that Norwood can sell all it produces of either product, should the company pro

> Because their three adult children have all at last left home, Joseph and Audrey Peck recently moved to a smaller house. Joseph owns a riding lawnmower he bought three years ago to take care of the former house’s huge yard; it should la

> McCoy Company, a Texas-based corporation, paid $120,000 to purchase an air conditioner on January 1, Year 1. During Year 10, surging energy costs prompted management to consider replacing the air conditioner with a more energy-efficient model. The new ai

> Norita Company makes and sells a toy plane. Norita incurred the following costs in its most recent fiscal year. Cost Items Reported on Income Statement Shipping and handling costs ($0.75 per unit) Cost of renting the administrative building Utility costs

> Sim Company is considering whether to replace some of its manufacturing equipment. Information pertaining to the existing equipment and the potential replacement equipment follows. *The amounts shown for operating expenses are the cumulative total of all

> Dorina Company makes cases of canned dog food in batches of 1,000 cases and sells each case for $15. The plant capacity is 50,000 cases; the company currently makes 40,000 cases. Doggie-Mart has offered to buy 1,500 cases for $12 per case. Because produc

> Orr Electronics management are trying to decide whether to continue operating their current plant or purchase a replacement plant. The following information was presented to management to assist them in their decision: - The old manufacturing plant was p

> Harris Fishing Tours Inc. owns a boat that originally cost $120,000. Currently, the boat’s net book value is $36,000, and its expected remaining useful life is four years. Harris has an opportunity to purchase for $80,000 a replacement boat that is extre

> Valez Corporation is considering the elimination of one of its segments. The following fixed costs pertain to the segment. If the segment is eliminated, the building it uses will be sold. Required Based on this information, determine the amount of avoida

> Kerston Company divides its operations into six divisions. A recent income statement for the Southwood Division follows. Required 1. Should Kerston eliminate the Southwood Division? Support your answer by explaining how the division’s e

> Reid Company operates three segments. Income statements for the segments imply that Reid could improve profitability by eliminating Segment X. Required 1. Explain the effect on Reid’s profitability if Segment X is eliminated. 2. Prepare

> Martinez Computers currently purchases for $40 each keyboard it uses in the 50,000 computers it makes and sells annually. Each computer uses one keyboard. The company has idle capacity and is considering whether to make the keyboards that it needs. Marti

> Clayton Corporation makes and sells skateboards. Clayton currently makes the 60,000 wheels used annually in its skateboards but has an opportunity to purchase the wheels from a reliable manufacturer. The costs of making the wheels follow. Annual Costs As

> Swartz Boats Company currently produces a battery used in manufacturing its boats. The company annually manufactures and sells 5,000 units of a particular model of fishing boat. Because of the low volume of activity, Swartz is unable to obtain the econom

> Zach Randolph is planning to rent a small shop for a new business. He can sell either sandwiches or donuts. The following costs pertain to the two products. Required Identify each cost as relevant or irrelevant to Mr. Randolph’s product

> John Dillworth is in charge of buying property used as building sites for branch offices of the National Bank of Commerce. Mr. Dillworth recently paid $110,000 for a site located in a growing section of the city. Shortly after purchasing this lot, Mr. Di

> In the early months of 2020, Nordstrom’s Inc., like many retailers, faced declining revenues and profits related to the coronavirus pandemic. The company outlined its plans to deal with these challenges in a series of Form 8-Ks (“Report of unscheduled ma

> Skinner Shoes Corporation produces three brands of shoes: Brisk, Pro, and Runner. Relevant information about Skinner's overhead activities, their respective costs, and their cost drivers follows. Required 1. Skinner currently allocates all overhead costs

> Maduro Sporting Goods Inc. produces indoor treadmills. The company allocates its overhead costs using activity-based costing. The costs and cost drivers associated with the four overhead activity cost pools follow. Producing 5,000 units of PFT200, one of

> Use the information in Exercise 5-6B to complete the following requirements. Assume that before shifting to activity-based costing, Rankin Industries allocated all overhead costs based on direct labor hours. Direct labor data pertaining to the two surge

> Rankin Industries produces two surge protectors: K2761 with six outlets and D3354 with eight outlets and two telephone line connections. Because of these product differences, the company plans to use activity-based costing to allocate overhead costs. The

> Canton Company makes two types of cell phones. Handy is a thin, pocket-size cell phone that is easy to carry around. Action is a palm-size phone convenient to hold while the user is talking. During its most recent accounting period, Canton incurred $270,

> Describe a set of circumstances in which labor cost could be classified as a unit-level, a batch-level, a product-level, or a facility-level cost.

> Sentry Corporation, a furniture manufacturer, uses an activity-based costing system. It has identified the following selected activities: 1. Packaging completed furniture in boxes for shipment. 2. Inspecting completed furniture for quality control. 3. Pu

> Provide at least one example of an appropriate cost driver (allocation base) for each of the following activities: 1. Engineers design a product production layout. 2. Engineers set up machines to produce a product. 3. The production supervisor completes

> Rich Ingram, the president of Merkel Industries Inc., was beaming when he was reviewing the company’s quality cost report. After he had implemented a quality-control program for three years, the company’s defect rate had declined from 20 percent to 3 per

> York Corporation produces two types of juice that it packages in cases of 24 cans per case. Selected per-case data for the two products for the last month follow. York allocates production overhead using activity-based costing but allocates monthly packa

> State law permits the State Department of Revenue to collect taxes for municipal governments that operate within the state’s jurisdiction and allows private companies to collect taxes for municipalities. To promote fairness and to ensure the financial we

> Using automated production processes, Pruitt Videos produces two models of digital camcorders: N100 for the novice and D200 for the hobbyist. The company has found activity-based costing useful in assigning overhead costs to its products. It has identifi

> Kaito Manufacturing is developing an activity-based costing system to improve overhead cost allocation. One of the first steps in developing the system is to classify the costs of performing production activities into activity cost pools. Required Using

> On January 1, Lehmann Corporation paid the annual royalty of $720,000 for rights to use patented technology to make batteries for laptop computers. Lehmann plans to use the patented technology to produce five different models of batteries. Lehmann uses m

> Cornerstone Company’s annual factory depreciation is $630,000. Cornerstone estimated it would operate the factory a total of 3,600 hours this year. The factory operated 300 hours in November and 200 hours in December. Required Why would Cornerstone need

> Omega Company makes household plastic bags in three different sizes: Snack, Sandwich, and Storage. The estimated direct materials and direct labor costs are as follows. Omega allocates two major overhead costs among the three products: $75,000 of indirec

> Ascend Company makes three models of jump drives in its factory: J512, J1G, and J4G. The expected overhead costs for the next fiscal year are as follows. Payroll for factory managers $ 150,000 Factory maintenance costs 60,000 Factory insurance 30,000 Tot

> Trista Company manufactures three different sizes of automobile sunscreens: large, medium, and small. Trista expects to incur $300,000 of overhead costs during the next fiscal year. Other budget information for the coming year follows. Required 1. Use di

> Kenta Manufacturing Company produced 800 units of inventory in January Year 2. The company expects to produce an additional 7,200 units of inventory during the remaining 11 months of the year, for a total estimated production of 8,000 units in Year 2. Di

> In Year 3, Santo Corporation incurred direct manufacturing costs of $56 per unit and manufacturing overhead costs of $600,000. The production activity for the four quarters of Year 3 are as follows. Required 1. Calculate a predetermined overhead rate bas

> Vega and Andersen LLP has three departments: auditing, tax, and information systems. The departments occupy 3,000 square feet, 2,500 square feet, and 2,500 square feet of office space, respectively. The firm pays $8,000 per month to rent its offices. Req

> In recent years, the United States Postal Service (USPS) has experienced declining revenues, largely due to the increase in digital communications such as e-mail. These declining revenues have led the USPS to experience financial losses. On February 16,

> Willis Corporation, a book publisher, has two service departments: editing and typesetting. Willis also has three operating departments: children’s fiction, youth fiction, and adult fiction. The annual costs of operating the editing dep

> Gilliam Consulting LLP has three operating departments: tax, estate planning, and small business. The company’s internal accounting and maintenance departments support the operating departments. Moreover, the maintenance department also

> The administrative department of Lynch Consulting LLC provides office administration and professional support to its two operating departments. Annual administrative costs are $450,000. In Year 1, the hours chargeable to clients generated by the informat

> Murphy Company builds custom sailboats. Murphy currently has three boats under construction. The estimated costs to complete each boat are shown as follows. Murphy expects to incur $48,000 of indirect (overhead) costs in the process of making the boats.

> Underwood Food Corporation makes two products from soybeans: cooking oil and cattle feed. From a standard batch of 100,000 pounds of soybeans, Underwood produces 20,000 pounds of cooking oil and 80,000 pounds of cattle feed. Producing a standard batch co

> Monarch Manufacturing Company expects to make 72,000 travel sewing kits during Year 3. In January, the company made 1,800 kits. Materials and labor costs for January were $9,000 and $11,250, respectively. In February, Monarch produced 2,200 kits. Materia

> Last year, Andy Conway bought an automobile for $28,000 to use in his taxi business. He expected to drive the vehicle for 140,000 miles before disposing of it for $3,500. Andy drove 4,000 miles this week and 2,400 miles last week. Required 1. Determine t

> Tilley Professional Services is composed of two separate divisions: (1) tax services as provided by the tax department and (2) auditing services as provided by the audit department. Each department has numerous clients. Engagement with each individual cl

> Leon Company is considering the production and sale of a new product with fixed costs of $32,000 and variable cost of $7 per unit. Based on its normal profit margins, Leon desires to earn a $40,000 profit and believes it can sell 8,000 units of the produ

> After substantial marketing research, Yilan Corporation management believes that it can make and sell a new battery with a prolonged life for laptop computers. Management expects the market demand for its new battery to be 100,000 units per year if the b

> Maccoa Soft, a division of Zayer Software Company, produces and distributes an automated payroll software system. A contribution margin format income statement for Maccoa Soft for the past year follows. 1. Divide the class into groups and then organize t

> Delaney Corporation manufactures faucets. The variable costs of production are $30 per faucet. Fixed costs of production are $900,000. Delaney sells the faucets for a price of $75 per unit. Required 1. How many faucets must Delaney make and sell to break

> Morse Company manufactures a product that sells for $200 per unit. It incurs fixed costs of $840,000. Variable cost for its product is $80 per unit. Required 1. Determine the sales volume in units and dollars required to break even. 2. Calculate the brea

> Information concerning a product produced by Finn Company appears as follows. Sales price per unit $ 180 Variable cost per unit $ 120 Total fixed manufacturing and operating costs $780,000 Required Determine the following: 1. Contribution margin per unit

> Clifford Corporation produced 60,000 tires and sold them for $100 each during Year 1. The company determined that fixed manufacturing cost per unit was $25 per tire. The company reported gross profit of $2,400,000 on its Year 1 financial statements. Requ

> Martinez Company incurs annual fixed costs of $300,000. Variable costs for Martinez’s product are $42 per unit, and the sales price is $70 per unit. Martinez desires to earn a profit of $120,000. Required Use the contribution margin ratio approach to det

> Halsey Corporation manufactures products that have variable costs of $60 per unit. Its fixed cost amounts to $360,000. It sells the products for $90 each. Required Use the per-unit contribution margin approach to determine the break-even point in units a

> Colorado Sports (CS) manufactures two types of tents. One is made of plastic. The other is made of gortex. The budgeted per-unit contribution margin for each product follows: CS expects to incur annual fixed costs of $450,000. The relative sales mix of

> Oxford Company makes two products. The budgeted per-unit contribution margin for each product follows. Oxford expects to incur fixed costs of $390,000. The relative sales mix of the products is 75 percent for Deluxe and 25 percent for Luxury. Required 1.

> Tobin Company manufactures a product that has a variable cost of $38 per unit and a sales price of $78 per unit. The company’s annual fixed costs total $720,000. It had net income of $360,000 in the previous year. In an effort to increase the company’s m

> Arnold Company currently produces and sells 10,000 units of a telephone per year that has a variable cost of $10 per unit and a fixed cost of $500,000. The company currently earns a $200,000 annual profit. Assume that Arnold has the opportunity to invest

> As discussed in the Curious Accountant, Target Corporation believed it could increase the company’s profits by closing its stores in Canada. Other companies have also tried to improve their financial performance by downsizing. In Novem

> Use Exhibit 3.3 in this chapter to answer the following questions. Required 1. Determine the mix of sales volume, fixed cost, and variable cost per unit required to produce a desired profit of $82,000. 2. Determine the expected profit if Bright Day proje