Drizzdale Industries has gathered the following information about the actual sales revenues and expenses for its pharmaceuticals

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Drizzdale Industries has gathered the following information about the actual sales revenues and expenses for its pharmaceuticals segment for the most recent year.

Sales .................................................................... $ 866,320

Variable Cost of Goods Sold ............................. $ 143,325

Variable Operating Expenses ............................. $ 162,162

Direct Fixed Manufacturing Overhead ................ $ 96,300

Direct Fixed Operating Expenses ........................ $ 17,280

Common Fixed Expenses ..................................... $ 14,140

Budgeted data for the same time period for the pharmaceutical segment are as follows (all data are in millions):

Budgeted sales in units ............................................. 9,100

Budgeted average selling price per unit....................... $ 85

Variable Cost of Goods Sold per unit ......................... $ 15

Variable Operating Expenses per unit ......................... $ 18

Direct Fixed Manufacturing Overhead (in total).. $ 90,000

Direct Fixed Operating Expenses (in total) .......... $ 16,000

Common Fixed Expenses Allocated to the

Pharmaceutical Segment ..................................... $ 14,000

Prepare a segment margin performance report for the pharmaceutical segment. In this report, be sure to include lines for the contribution margin, the segment margin, and operating income. Calculate a variance and a variance percentage for each line in the report. Round to the nearest hundredth for the variance percentages (for example, if your answer is 16.2384%, round it to 16.24%).

Contribution Margin
Contribution margin is an important element of cost volume profit analysis that managers carry out to assess the maximum number of units that are required to be at the breakeven point. Contribution margin is the profit before fixed cost and taxes...
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Managerial Accounting

ISBN: 978-0134128528

5th edition

Authors: Karen W. Braun, Wendy M. Tietz

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