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Sales Variances; Year to Year Hathaway Products, Inc., produces an innovative lighting sys...

Sales Variances; Year to Year Hathaway Products, Inc., produces an innovative lighting system used in restaurants and high-end retail stores to provide a pleasing, warm atmosphere. Hathaway produces two versions of the product, called Starlight and Moonlight. Sales management at Hathaway wants to complete a sales performance analysis and has collected the following information for 2009 and 2010.

 

2010

2009

Sales units

12,000

10,000

 

Sales mix for each product

 

 

 

Starlight

20%

25%

 

Moonlight

80%

75%

 

Price

 

 

 

Starlight

$35.00

$ 35.00

 

Moonlight

$85.00

$ 90.00

 

Variable cost per unit

 

 

 

Starlight

$22.00

$ 22.00

 

Moonlight

$48.00

$ 48.00

 

Fixed cost

$150,000

$150,000

 

Required

1. Calculate a flexible budget contribution income statement for 2010, showing the 2010 results, the 2009 results, and the flexible budget. Use Exhibit 16.15 as a guide.


2. Calculate the volume variances for each product based both on sales dollars and contribution margin.


3. Determine the sales volume variance, the sales mix variance, and the sales quantity variance for each product, based on contribution margin.

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