253) Neeb Corporation manufactures and sells a single product. The company uses units as the
measure of activity in its budgets and performance reports. During January, the company
budgeted for 7,000 units, but its actual level of activity was 7,040 units. The company has
provided the following data concerning the formulas used in its budgeting and its actual results
for January:
Data used in budgeting:
Variable element
per unit
Selling and administrative expenses
Actual results for January:
Selling and administrative expenses
The activity variance for selling and administrative expenses in January would be closest to:
A) $446 U
B) $16 U
C) $446 F
D) $16 F
Flexible budget [$27,000 + ($0.40 × 7,040)]
$
29,816
Planning budget [$27,000 + ($0.40 × 7,000)]
29,800
Activity variance
$
16