Daniels Corporation used the following data to evaluate their current operating system. The company sells items for $19 each and had used a budgeted selling price of $20 per unit.                                                                      Actual             Budgeted         Units sold                           280,000 units      270,000 units         Variable costs                            $990,000               $887,000         Fixed costs                                    $60,000                 $47,000   Required: (a) Use the information above to prepare the company’s flexible budget.(b) What is the static-budget variance of variable costs? (c) What is the total flexible budget variance?

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Daniels Corporation used the following data to evaluate their current operating system. The company sells items for $19 each and had used a budgeted selling price of $20 per unit.

 

                                                                   Actual             Budgeted

        Units sold                           280,000 units      270,000 units

        Variable costs                            $990,000               $887,000

        Fixed costs                                    $60,000                 $47,000

 

Required: (a) Use the information above to prepare the company’s flexible budget.(b) What is the static-budget variance of variable costs? (c) What is the total flexible budget variance?

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