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Variances – Operating statement

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  • This topic has 2 replies, 2 voices, and was last updated 10 years ago by mansoor.
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  • September 8, 2014 at 11:22 am #194297
    mansoor
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    a company uses marginal costing. the standard contribution on actual sales was 44,000. the following variances arose:

    total variable costs var: 6,500 A
    sales price var: 2,000 F
    sales volume var: 4,500 A

    what is the actual contribution?

    the answer is 39,500.

    i did the following:

    standard profit = 44,000
    sales price var = 2000
    sales vol var = (4500)
    ———————————-
    41,500
    less cost var 6,500
    ——————————–
    35,000

    in the explained answer, the sales volume variance is not taken in the calculation.

    why?

    September 8, 2014 at 1:36 pm #194306
    John Moffat
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    It is because they starting figure is ‘standard contribution on actual sales’.

    (If the starting figure had been ‘contribution on budgeted sales’ then the sales volume variance would have been relevant)

    September 8, 2014 at 2:25 pm #194312
    mansoor
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    hmmm…food for thought.. thank u ..:)

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