P23-25A, cont.
Requirement 4
The static budget is prepared for only one level of sales volume—the 9,000 units expected to be sold—
and it doesn’t change after it is developed. The $20,800 favorable static budget variance is the difference
between actual operating income ($57,800), based on 11,000 units actually sold, and the expected
operating income ($37,000) in the static budget, based on 9,000 units expected to be sold. The flexible
budget performance report (Requirement 1) provides more useful information than the simple static
budget variance because it separates the $20,800 favorable static budget variance into its components:
the $800 favorable flexible budget variance and the $20,000 favorable sales volume variance.
The overall $800 favorable flexible budget variance is the difference between actual operating income
($57,800) for the 11,000 units actually sold and expected operating income ($57,000) in the flexible
budget for the 11,000 units actually sold. Because the $7,000 favorable flexible budget variance for sales
revenue was $800 greater than the sum of the unfavorable flexible budget variances for variable
expenses ($5,200) and fixed expenses ($1,000), the overall flexible budget variance (for operating
income) was $800 favorable. The individual flexible budget variances arise because actual sales price
per unit, variable expense per unit, and fixed expenses were different from those expected for the 11,000
units actually sold.
• The $7,000 favorable flexible budget variance for sales revenue was favorable because the