Walton Company has provided the following 2018 data:

Budget Sales $ 519,000
Variable product costs 188,000
Variable selling expense 46,000
Other variable expenses 3,300
Fixed product costs 15,700
Fixed selling expense 23,400
Other fixed expenses 1,300
Interest expense 800
Variances Sales 8,600 U
Variable product costs 4,600 F
Variable selling expense 2,100 U
Other variable expenses 1,800 U
Fixed product costs 240 F
Fixed selling expense 480 F
Other fixed expenses 160 U
Interest expense 90 F

Prepare a budgeted and actual income statement for internal use. Separate operating income from net income in the statements. Calculate variances and identify them as favorable (F) or unfavorable (U) by comparing the budgeted and actual amounts determined.

Walton Company

Income Statement

                                   Actual                Budgeted            Variances

Sales                          510,400                 $ 519,000              8,600 U

Variable product costs    183400             188,000                 4,600 F        

Variable selling expense   48100              46,000                  2,100 U

Other variable expenses  5100                  3,300                  1,800 U

Contribution Margin      273,800              281,700              7,900 unfav

Fixed product costs   15460                       15,700                  240 F

Fixed selling expense   22920                   23,400                 480 F

Operating Income      235420                    242,600          7,180  unfav

Other fixed expenses   1460                       1,300                 160 U

Interest expense            710                          800                   90 F      

Net income                 233,250                  240,500           7,250 unfav

We calculate the actual amounts from the budgeted amount by adding the variances when they are unfavorable and subtracting them when they are favorable . But in case of sales this is reversed. The actual sales are calculated by   subtracting unfavorable variance from budgeted sales.

The fav amounts are subtracted from the unfav amounts to get the results .

8,600 u + ( 4,600)F + 2,100 U +1,800= 7,900 unfav

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