FIN+MAN ACCT - ACCESS+PROCTORIO
FIN+MAN ACCT - ACCESS+PROCTORIO
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Chapter 21, Problem 1QS
To determine

Flexible Budget:

A flexible budget is the budget which is prone to changes as per the requirement of allocation of funds according to the volume of transactions over a period of time. The variable cost is an integral regulator of a flexible budget, because the fixed costs are always stagnant irrespective of the operations undergone by the business. Therefore, the variable costs undergo change with the dynamics of the operations of business.

Flexible Budget Performance Report:

A flexible budget performance report is the analysis of deviations between the budget forecasted and the outcome of such budget. This report helps the end users to locate the remarkable deviations from the ones which were budgeted so as to fix them at the earliest.

To prepare: Flexible budget performance report.

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B Company

Budgeted Performance Report

For the month ended May 31, 20XX

Particulars

Flexible Budget

($)

Actual Budget

($)

Net Variance

($)

Sales(105,000 units)

1,300,000

1,275,000

25000

Variable costs

750,000

712,500

37500

Contribution

550000

562,500

12500

Fixed costs

300,000

300,000

-

Net Income

250,000

262500

12500

Hence, the net income of the firm is increased by 12500 from the projected budget.

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