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Title: Different management levels in Bates, Inc., require varying degrees of managerial accounting informa
Post by: jerico on Mar 13, 2015
Different management levels in Bates, Inc., require varying degrees of managerial accounting information. Because of the need to comply with the managers' requests, four different variances for manufacturing overhead are computed each month. The information for the September overhead expenditures is as follows:

   Budgeted output units   3,200   units
   Budgeted fixed manufacturing overhead   $20,000
   Budgeted variable manufacturing overhead   $5   per direct labor hour
   Budgeted direct manufacturing labor hours   2   hours per unit
   Fixed manufacturing costs incurred   $26,000
   Direct manufacturing labor hours used   7,200
   Variable manufacturing costs incurred   $35,600
   Actual units manufactured   3,400

Required:
a.   Compute a 4-variance analysis for the plant controller.
b.   Compute a 3-variance analysis for the plant manager.
c.   Compute a 2-variance analysis for the corporate controller.
d.   Compute the flexible-budget variance for the manufacturing vice president.


Title: Re: Different management levels in Bates, Inc., require varying degrees of managerial accounting inf
Post by: cyborg on Mar 19, 2015
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Title: Re: Different management levels in Bates, Inc., require varying degrees of managerial accounting informa
Post by: jerico on Mar 23, 2015
This solved my problem perfectly, thank you for your kind input.


Title: Re: Different management levels in Bates, Inc., require varying degrees of managerial accounting informa
Post by: cyborg on Mar 23, 2015
Sweet, you're welcome.