Exercise 9-16 Flexible Budgets and Revenue and Spending Variances [LO9-1, LO9-3]

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Exercise 9-16 Flexible Budgets and Revenue and Spending Variances [LO9-1, LO9-3]

Via Gelato is a popular neighborhood gelato shop. The company has provided the following cost formulas and actual results for the month of June:

While gelato is sold by the cone or cup, the shop measures its activity in terms of the total number of liters of gelato sold. For example, wages should be $7,600 plus $3.40 per liter of gelato sold and the actual wages for June were $28,100. Via Gelato expected to sell 6,000 liters in June, but actually sold 6,200 liters.

Required:

Calculate Via Gelato revenue and spending variances for June. (Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, "U" for unfavorable, and "None" for no effect (i.e., zero variance). Input all amounts as positive values.)

Fixed Element
per Month Variable Element
per Liter Actual Total
for June Revenue $ 32.00 $ 192,540 Raw materials $ 6.65 $ 41,930 Wages $ 7,600 $ 3.40 $ 28,100 Utilities $ 3,630 $ 2.20 $ 17,500 Rent $ 4,600 $ 4,600 Insurance $ 3,350 $ 3,350 Miscellaneous $ 850 $ 2.35 $ 15,190

Explanation / Answer

Calculate Via Gelato revenue and spending variances for June.

Revenue 5860 U Expense Raw materials 700 U Wages 580 F Utilities 230 U Rent None Insurance None Miscellaneous 230 F Total expense 120 U Net operating income 5980 U

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