Logan Passport Services budgeted sales of 10,000 units of its Basic Visa Service (BVS). This was based on its estimated 5 percent share of this service in the relevant regional market. Actual sales of the BVS for Logan totaled 12,200 units on total industry volume of 180,000 unit for this service. The budgeted contribution margin for BVS is $105 per unit. The actual contribution margin for BVS was $112. Required: Compute the sales activity variance, and break it down into market share variance and the industry volume variance. Note: Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, or "U" for unfavorable. If there is no effect, do not select either option. Sales activity variance Market share variance Industry volume variance $ 231,000 F

Logan Passport Services budgeted sales of 10,000 units of its Basic Visa Service (BVS). This was based on its estimated 5 percent share of this service in the relevant regional market. Actual sales of the BVS for Logan totaled 12,200 units on total industry volume of 180,000 unit for this service. The budgeted contribution margin for BVS is $105 per unit. The actual contribution margin for BVS was $112. Required: Compute the sales activity variance, and break it down into market share variance and the industry volume variance. Note: Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, or "U" for unfavorable. If there is no effect, do not select either option. Sales activity variance Market share variance Industry volume variance $ 231,000 F

Managerial Accounting

15th Edition

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Publisher:Carl Warren, Ph.d. Cma William B. Tayler

Chapter4: Activity-based Costing

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