As the new accountant for B&B, Inc., youve been asked to provide a succinct analysis of financial

As the new accountant for B&B, Inc., you’ve been asked to provide a succinct analysis of financial performance for the year just ended. You obtain the following information that pertains to the company’s sole product.

Required
1. What was the actual operating income for the period?
2. What was the company’s master budget operating income for the period?
3. What was the total master (static) budget variance, in terms of operating income, for the period? Is this variance favorable (F) or unfavorable (U)? Why?
4. From the information given above, are you able to decompose the total master (static) budget variance into a total flexible-budget variance and a sales volume variance? Why or why not?
5. Define the meaning of the total flexible-budget variance and the sales volume variance.
 

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Total Master (Static) Budget Variance $12,00U Flexible-Budget Variance Sales Volume Variance $8,000F $20,000U Total Master (Static) Budget Variance $12,00U Flexible-Budget Variance Sales Volume Variance $8,000F $20,000U

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1actual operating income16875 2master budget operating income10000 3tot... View the full answer