The following data are for North Corporation: Units Sales Variable costs Contribution margin Fixed costs Operating income Actual 15,000 $600,000 460,000 $140,000 170,000 $(30,000) Flexible Budget for Actual Sales Activity Static or Master Budget 20,000 $800,000 600,000 $200,000 160,000 $40,000 Required: (1) Prepare the Flexible Budget (showing the Flexible Budget formula used). (2) Compute the total flexible-budget variance. (3) Compute the total sales-activity variance. (4) Compute the total static-budget variance

The following data are for North Corporation: Units Sales Variable costs Contribution margin Fixed costs Operating income Actual 15,000 $600,000 460,000 $140,000 170,000 $(30,000) Flexible Budget for Actual Sales Activity Static or Master Budget 20,000 $800,000 600,000 $200,000 160,000 $40,000 Required: (1) Prepare the Flexible Budget (showing the Flexible Budget formula used). (2) Compute the total flexible-budget variance. (3) Compute the total sales-activity variance. (4) Compute the total static-budget variance

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Chapter7: Budgeting

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