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Sales Variances; Flexible-Budget Variance; Review of Chapter 14 Jerry Tanner, CEO and a ma...

Sales Variances; Flexible-Budget Variance; Review of Chapter 14 Jerry Tanner, CEO and a major stockholder of Tanner Company, was unhappy with its operating results in 2010. The company manufactures two environmentally friendly industrial cleaning machines used primarily in automobile repair shops, gas stations, and auto dealerships. The master budget and operating results of the year (000s omitted except for the selling price per unit) follow:

 

Actual

Budget

G80

H20

G80

H20

Sales

$85,500

$56,700

$100,000

$40,000

Variable cost

45,900

31,050

50,000

25,000

Contribution

$39,600

$25,650

$ 50,000

$15,000

Fixed cost

10,000

10,000

10,000

10,000

Operating income

$29,600

$15,650

$ 40,000

$ 5,000

Units sold

900

1,350

 

 

Unit selling price

 

 

$ 100

$ 40

Required

1. Compute the contribution margin flexible-budget variance, contribution margin sales volume variance, contribution margin sales quantity variance, and contribution margin sales mix variance for each product and for the firm.


2. Write a memo to Jerry Tanner about the implications of the variances that you just computed on planning and operational control.

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