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 Variable Component Revenue per Job $ 278 Actual Total for February $ 33,390 Technician wages $ 8,600 $ 8,450 Mobile lab operating expenses $ 5,000 $ 33 $ 9,130 Office expenses $ 2,700 $ 2 $ 2,810 Advertising expenses $ 1,570 $ 1,640 Insurance Miscellaneous expenses $ 2,860 $ 930 $ 1 $ 2,860 $ 365 The company uses the number of jobs as its measure of activity. For example, mobile lab operating expenses should be $5,000 plus $33 per job, and the actual mobile lab operating expenses for February were $9,130. The company expected to work 130 jobs in February, but actually worked 136 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 136 $ 33,390 Expenses: Technician wages 8,450 Mobile lab operating expenses 9,130 Office expenses 2,810 Advertising expenses 1,640 Insurance 2,860 Miscellaneous expenses 365 Flexible Planning Budget Budget
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.
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