Adger Corporation is a service company that measures its output based on the number of customers served.
Question:
Adger Corporation is a service company that measures its output based on the number of customers served. The company provided the following fixed and variable cost estimates that it uses for budgeting purposes and the actual results for May as shown below:
Fixed Element per Month Variable Element per Customer Served Actual Total for May Revenue $ 5,400 $ 226,000 Employee salaries and wages $ 61,000 $ 2,200 $ 158,700 Travel expenses $ 530 $ 20,700 Other expenses $ 40,000 $ 38,000 When preparing its planning budget the company estimated that it would serve 40 customers per month; however, during May the company actually served 45 customers.
9. What is Adger’s other expenses spending variance for May?
Foundations of Financial Management
ISBN: 978-1259024979
10th Canadian edition
Authors: Stanley Block, Geoffrey Hirt, Bartley Danielsen, Doug Short, Michael Perretta