AirQual Test Corporation provides on-site air quality testing services. The company has provided the following co actual results for the month of February: Fixed Component Variable Component per Job Actual Total for February $ 33,650 per Month Revenue $ 280 Technician wages $ 8,500 $ 8,350 Mobile lab operating expenses $ 4,700 $ 32 $ 8,700 Office expenses $ 2,500 $ 3 $ 2,740 Advertising expenses $ 1,600 $ 1,670 Insurance Miscellaneous expenses. $ 2,860 970 $ 2,860 1 $405
Process Costing
Process costing is a sort of operation costing which is employed to determine the value of a product at each process or stage of producing process, applicable where goods produced from a series of continuous operations or procedure.
Job Costing
Job costing is adhesive costs of each and every job involved in the production processes. It is an accounting measure. It is a method which determines the cost of specific jobs, which are performed according to the consumer’s specifications. Job costing is possible only in businesses where the production is done as per the customer’s requirement. For example, some customers order to manufacture furniture as per their needs.
ABC Costing
Cost Accounting is a form of managerial accounting that helps the company in assessing the total variable cost so as to compute the cost of production. Cost accounting is generally used by the management so as to ensure better decision-making. In comparison to financial accounting, cost accounting has to follow a set standard ad can be used flexibly by the management as per their needs. The types of Cost Accounting include – Lean Accounting, Standard Costing, Marginal Costing and Activity Based Costing.
![AirQual Test Corporation provides on-site air quality testing services. The company has provided the following cost formulas and
actual results for the month of February:
Fixed
Component
per Month
Revenue
Variable
Component
per Job
$ 280
Actual
Total for
February
$ 33,650
Technician wages
$ 8,500
$ 8,350
Mobile lab operating expenses
$ 4,700
$ 32
$ 8,700
Office expenses
$ 2,500
$ 3
$ 2,740
Advertising expenses
$ 1,600
$ 1,670
Insurance
$ 2,860
Miscellaneous expenses
$ 970
$ 1
$ 2,860
$ 405
The company uses the number of jobs as its measure of activity. For example, mobile lab operating expenses should be $4,700
plus $32 per job, and the actual mobile lab operating expenses for February were $8,700. The company expected to work 130 jobs
in February, but actually worked 140 jobs.
Required:
Prepare a flexible budget performance report showing AirQual Test Corporation's revenue and spending variances and activity
variances for February. (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.)
AirQual Test Corporation
Flexible Budget Performance Report
For the Month Ended February 28
Jobs
Revenue
Actual
Results
140
$ 33,650
Expenses:
Technician wages
8,350
Mobile lab operating expenses
8,700
Office expenses
2,740
Advertising expenses
1,670
Insurance
2,860
Miscellaneous expenses
405
Total expense
24,725
Net operating income
$
8,925
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