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Finance Organizer Printers, Inc., produces luxury checkbooks with three checks a

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Question

Finance Organizer Printers, Inc., produces luxury checkbooks with three checks and stubs per page. Each checkbook is designed for an individual customer and is ordered through the customer's bank. The company's operating budget for September 2017 included these data: (Click the icon to view the operating budget and actual results.) The executive vice president of the company observed that the operating income for September was much lower than anticipated, despite a higher-than-budgeted selling price and a lower-than-budgeted variable cost per unit. As the company's management accountant, you have been asked to provide explanations for the disappointing September results. Finance Organizer develops its flexible budget on the basis of budgeted per-output-unit revenue and per-output-unit variable costs without detailed analysis of budgeted inputs. Read the requirements.

Explanation / Answer

Answer

Actual Results [12900 checkbooks]

Static Budget variance

Static Budget [16000 checkbooks]

Units Sold

12900

3100

Unfavourable

$16000

Revenues

$270900

49100

Unfavourable

$320000

(-) variable cost

$64500

31500

Favourable

$96000

Contribution margin

$206400

17600

Unfavourable

$224000

(-) Fixed cost

$125800

5800

Unfavourable

$120000

Operating Income (Loss0

$80600

23400

Unfavourable

$104000

Actual Results [12900 checkbooks]

Flexible Budget variance

Flexible Budget

Sales Volume variance

Static Budget [16000 checkbooks]

Units Sold

12900

0 – None

12900

3100 Unfavourable

16000

Revenues

$270900

12900 Favourable

$258000

62000 Unfavourable

$320000

(-) variable cost

$64500

12900 Favourable

$77400

18600 Favourable

$96000

Contribution margin

$206400

25800 Favourable

$180600

43400 Unfavourable

$224000

(-) Fixed cost

$125800

5800 Unfavourable

$120000

0 None

$120000

Operating Income (Loss0

$80600

20000 Favourable

$60600

43400 Unfavourable

$104000

Actual Results [12900 checkbooks]

Static Budget variance

Static Budget [16000 checkbooks]

Units Sold

12900

3100

Unfavourable

$16000

Revenues

$270900

49100

Unfavourable

$320000

(-) variable cost

$64500

31500

Favourable

$96000

Contribution margin

$206400

17600

Unfavourable

$224000

(-) Fixed cost

$125800

5800

Unfavourable

$120000

Operating Income (Loss0

$80600

23400

Unfavourable

$104000

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