50 Minutes, Medium PROBLEM 23.7A
SNELLS
a. SNELLS
Comparison of Budgeted and Actual Revenue and Expense
For the Year Ended December 31, 20__
Flexible Over (o
Budge
ctual Under) Budge
Net sales 10,500,000$ 10,500,000$ 0$
Cost of goods sold 6,300,000 6,180,000 (120,000)
Gross profit on sales 4,200,000$ 4,320,000$ 120,000$
b.
Comment on performance:
Operating income was better than budgeted by $168,000. This result may be attributed to
five factors: (1) a better-than-budgeted merchandise purchasing performance; (2) smaller
expenditures than budgeted for selling and promotion expenses; (3) smaller delivery expense
than planned; (4) smaller credit and collection expenses than planned; (5) these factors were
offset in part by the fact that the total of building occupancy expenses, buying expenses, and
administrative expenses was $18,000 larger than the amount budgeted.