Coola Vents Ltd has prepared a fixed budget performance report for the year ended 30June 2017 as

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Coola Vents Ltd has prepared a fixed budget performance report for the year ended 30June 2017 as follows:



Budget


Actual


Variance


Units of production:


  72 000




  75 200




   3 200

F


Factory overhead:

Variable costs:

Indirect labour

Factory supplies

Repairs and maintenance



$



108 000

39 600

  25 200





$



120 320

41 360

  18 800





$



12 320

1 760

6 400



U

U

F


Total variable overhead


172 800




180 480




7 680

U


Fixed costs:

Insurance of factory

Occupancy costs

Depreciation

Supervisory salaries



16 600

24 800

20 700

  43 400





24 600

25 400

20 700

  42 200





8 000

600

   1 200


U

U


F


Total fixed overhead


105 500




112 900




   7 400

U


Total factory overhead

$

278 300



$

293 380



$

 15 080

U



Required

A. Convert the fixed budget performance report prepared by Coola Vents  Ltd to a flexible budget performance report.

B. Explain why there is no variable overhead in the flexible budget for Coola Vents Ltd. Does this mean that expenditure on variable overhead items is satisfactory?

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