Oak Hill Township operates a motor pool with 20 vehicles. The motor pool furnish
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Oak Hill Township operates a motor pool with 20 vehicles. The motor pool furnishes gasoline, oil, and other supplies for the cars and hires one mechanic who does routine maintenance and minor repairs. Major repairs are done at a nearby commercial garage. A supervisor manages the operations. Each year, the supervisor prepares a master budget for the motor pool. Depreciation on the automobiles is recorded in the budget to determine the costs per mile. The following schedule presents the master budget for the year and for the month of July. The annual budget was based on the following assumptions: Automobiles in the pool: 20. Miles per year per automobile: 45,000. Miles per gallon per automobile: 20. Gas per gallon: dollar1.80. Oil, minor repairs, parts, and supplies per mile: dollar0,008. Outside repairs per automobile per year: dollar300. The supervisor is unhappy with the monthly report, claiming that it unfairly presents his performance for July. His previous employer used flexible budgeting to compare actual costs to budgeted amounts. Required: What is the gasoline monthly flexible budget and the resulting amount over- or underbudget? (Use miles as the activity base.) (Do not round your intermediate calculations.) What is the monthly flexible budget for the oil, minor repairs, parts, and supplies and the amount over- or underbudget? (Use miles as the activity base.) (Do not round your intermediate calculations.) What is the monthly flexible budget for salaries and benefits and the resulting amount over- or underbudget? (Do not round your intermediate calculations.) What is the major reason for the cost per mile to decrease from dollar0.2340 budgeted to dollar0.2056 actual? Decreased unit fixed costs. Decreased variable costs.Explanation / Answer
a Flexible Budget for gasoline (94000/20)*1.8= 8460 Resulting Amount is over Budget by (8471-8460)= $11 b Flexible Budget for oil Mineral , Parts and supplies 94000*0.008= 752 Resulting Amount is over Budget by (757-752)= $5 c Flexible Budget for Salaries and benefits it is fixed so flexible budget is $4800 this is equal to budget d major reason for decrease cost per mile Decrease unit Fixed Cost
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