2012 Budget Actual The Sports Equipment Division of Bob Gibson Company is operat
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2012
Budget
Actual
The Sports Equipment Division of Bob Gibson Company is operated as a profit center. Sales for the division were budgeted for 2012 at $899,674. The only variable costs budgeted for the division were cost of goods sold ($440,199) and selling and administrative ($59,248). Fixed costs were budgeted at $100,788 for cost of goods sold, $90,331 for selling and administrative and $69,258 for noncontrollable fixed costs. Actual results for these items were:Sales $879,542
Cost of goods sold
Variable 408,790
Fixed 104,591
Selling and administrative
Variable 61,676 Fixed 66,311 Noncontrollable fixed 79,780
The Sports Equipment Division of Bob Gibson Company is operated as a profit center. Sales for the division were budgeted for 2012 at $899,674. The only variable costs budgeted for the division were cost of goods sold ($440,199) and selling and administrative ($59,248). Fixed costs were budgeted at $100,788 for cost of goods sold, $90,331 for selling and administrative and $69,258 for noncontrollable fixed costs. Actual results for these items were:
Explanation / Answer
Assume the division is an investment center, and average operating assets were $1,106,500. Compute ROI.
ROI = (238174-79780)/1106500 =0.1431 or 14.31%
Budget Actual Difference Sales $ 889,674 $ 879,542 $ 10,132 Unfavorable Variable costs
Cost of goods sold $ 440,199 $ 408,790 $ 31,409 Favorable Selling and administrative $ 59,248 $ 61,676 $ 2,428 Unfavorable Total $ 499,447 $ 470,466 $ 28,981 Favorable Contribution margin $ 390,227 $ 409,076 $ 18,849 Favorable Controllable fixed costs
Cost of goods sold $ 100,788 $ 104,591 $ 3,803 Unfavorable Selling and administrative $ 90,331 $ 66,311 $ 24,020 Favorable Total $ 191,119 $ 170,902 $ 20,217 Favorable Controllable margin
$ 199,108 $ 238,174 $ 39,066 Favorable
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