In Rooney Company, direct labor is $18 per hour. The company expects to operate at 12,000 direct labor hours each month. In January 2017, direct labor totaling $222,400 is incurred in working 12,600 hours. Prepare a flexible budget report.

    Flexible budget Report for Rooney Company                              

                                       Flexed budget            Actual      Variance

Labour hours                  12,600                      12,600

Labour cost($)                  226,800                     222,400    4,400   Favorable

Explanation:

A flexible budget is that which is prepared to reflect the actual activity level achieved.  

It is useful for a control purpose; to compare the actual result to the expected performance. The expected performance is the the flexible budget which is a revised master budget.  

Also it uses the assumptions of the static budget like standard costs and prices.

Flexed budget for labour = standard hour × actual labour cost

                                          = $18×  12,600   = $ 226,800  

    Flexible budget Report for Rooney Company                              

                                       Flexed budget            Actual      Variance

Labour hours                  12,600                      12,600

Labour cost($)                  226,800                     222,400    4,400   Favorable

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