expected to sell in October 2021 1,000 units of Dell laptops with a purchase cost per unit of PHP55,000, and expected to earn a gross profit per unit of PHP10,000. At the end of the month, after selling 100 more units, it reported a shortfall in actual gross profit by PHP1.20 million partly because purchase cost increased by PHP1,000 per unit. How much is the sales price variance?
Variance Analysis
In layman's terms, variance analysis is an analysis of a difference between planned and actual behavior. Variance analysis is mainly used by the companies to maintain a control over a business. After analyzing differences, companies find the reasons for the variance so that the necessary steps should be taken to correct that variance.
Standard Costing
The standard cost system is the expected cost per unit product manufactured and it helps in estimating the deviations and controlling them as well as fixing the selling price of the product. For example, it helps to plan the cost for the coming year on the various expenses.
expected to sell in October 2021 1,000 units of Dell laptops with a purchase cost per unit of PHP55,000, and expected to earn a gross profit per unit of PHP10,000. At the end of the month, after selling 100 more units, it reported a shortfall in actual gross profit by PHP1.20 million partly because purchase cost increased by PHP1,000 per unit. How much is the sales price variance?
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