Question

Paynesville Corporation manufactures and sells a preservative used in food and drug manufacturing. The company carries no inventories. The master budget calls for the company to manufacture and sell 118,000 liters at a budgeted price of $210 per liter this year. The standard direct cost sheet for one liter of the preservative follows.

Direct materials	(2 pounds @ $13)	$	26
Direct labor	(0.5 hours @ $42)		21

Variable overhead is applied based on direct labor hours. The variable overhead rate is $110 per direct-labor hour. The fixed overhead rate (at the master budget level of activity) is $55 per unit. All non-manufacturing costs are fixed and are budgeted at $2.1 million for the coming year.

At the end of the year, the costs analyst reported that the sales activity variance for the year was $648,000 unfavorable.

The following is the actual income statement (in thousands of dollars) for the year.

Sales revenue	$	23,798
Less variable costs
Direct materials		2,578
Direct labor		1,100
Variable overhead		1,020
Total variable costs	$	4,698
Contribution margin	$	19,100
Less fixed costs
Fixed manufacturing overhead		1,140
Non-manufacturing costs		1,320
Total fixed costs	$	2,460
Operating profit	$	16,640

Required:

Prepare a profit variance analysis. (Enter your answers in thousands of dollars. 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.)

IUI lovUIDDIC, UI U UI UMOVUI UUIC. Ulei PAYNESVILLE CORPORATION Profit Variance Analysis Manufacturing Non-Manufacturing Variances Variances Actual $ 23,798 2,5787 1,100 1,020 4,698 Sales revenue Sales revenue Materials Direct labor Variable overhead Total variable costs Contribution margin Fixed costs: Manufacturing Non-manufacturing Total fixed costs Operating profits 1,320 $ 16,640 L

Answer 1

Actual Profit = Actual Price - Actual cost

=$ 23798 - $(2578+1100+1020+1140+1320)

=$ 23798 -$ 7158

=$16640 "F"