Flexible Budgeting and Variance Analysis Sharon's Delights Chocolate Company makes dark chocolate and light chocolate. Both products require cocoa and sugar. The following planning information has been made available: Standard Amount Standard Amount Cocoa Sugar Standard labor time per Case per Case Dark Chocolate Light Chocolate Standard Price per Pound 12 lbs. 9 lbs. 10 lbs. 14 lbs. $4.40 0.60 0.3 hr. 0.4 hr. Planned production Standard labor rate Dark Chocolate 5,000 cases $15.00 per hr. Light Chocolate 10,800 cases $15.00 per hr. Sharon's Delights Chocolate Company does not expect there to be any beginning or ending inventories of cocoa or sugar. At the end of the budget year, Sharon's Delights Chocolate Company had the following actual results: Dark Chocolate Light Chocolate Actual production (cases) 4,800 11,200 Actual Price per Pound Actual Quantity Purchased and Used Cocoa Sugar $4.50 159,200 0.55 199,700 Actual Labor Rate Actual Labor Hours Used Dark chocolate $14.70 per hr. Light chocolate 15.30 per hr. 1,310 4,590 Required: 1. Prepare the following variance analyses for both chocolates and the total, based on the actual results and production levels at the end of the budget year: a. Direct materials price variance, direct materials quantity variance, and total variance. b. Direct labor rate variance, direct labor time variance, and total variance. Enter favorable variance as a negative number using a minus sign and an unfavorable variance as a positive number. a. Direct materials price variance x Direct materials quantity variance 0 x Total direct materials cost variance 0 x Unfavorable Unfavorable Unfavorable ✓ ✓ b. Direct labor rate variance x Unfavorable Direct labor time variance 0 Favorable Total direct labor cost variance 0× Unfavorable ✓ 2. The variance analyses should be based on the standard amounts at actual ✓ volumes. The budget must flex with the volume changes. If the actual ✓ volume i different from the planned volume, as it was in this case, then the budget used for performance evaluation should reflect the change in direct materials and direct labor that will be required for the actual production. In this way, spending from volume changes can be separated from efficiency and price variances.