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    Fixed and Variable Costs

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    Health services managers are essentially interested in how costs are affected by changes in volume. Cost behavior refers to a cost ’s reactions to activity level. A cost may rise‚ fall‚ or remain constant as activity levels fluctuate. We can classify several types of costs on the basis of their relationship to the amount of services provided‚ often referred to as activity‚ utilization‚ or volume (Gapenski‚ 2012). When dealing with the future there is a level of uncertainty of volume with regard

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    the costs for the year. The restaurant wanted to see what some of their fixed and variable costs were for the year. They also wanted to make sure they remain in their relevant range. The costs focused on were the cost of hamburgers (raw materials) and the cost of building rent. It was determined that the raw materials were the variable costs because the cost will vary based on production of hamburgers. A variable cost is a cost that will change in direct proportion to changes in the cost-driver

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    Variable or Fixed Cost

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    Being able to determine whether a cost is fixed or variable is vital to the understanding of overhead loading and cost behavior. A fixed cost is unchanged with a change to the cost driver. (Horngren‚ Sutton‚ and Stratton p.46) Which means that a fixed cost does not rise with the change is production of your product. A good example of a fixed cost is rent. No matter how many widgets you make (within a relevant range) your rent will not increase. A variable cost‚ on the other hand‚ does change with

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    Question 5.1 Explain the difference between fixed costs‚ semi-fixed costs‚ and variable costs. Fixed costs are those which do not change with the level of activity within the relevant range. These costs will incur even if no units are produced. For example rent expense‚ straight-line depreciation expense‚ etc. Fixed costs are those which do not change with the level of activity within the relevant range. These costs will incur even if no units are produced. For example rent expense‚ straight-line

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    Fixed CostsVariable costs‚ and Break Even Point Elizabeth Gaud HSM /260 August 21‚ 2011 Stephanie Koontz Fixed CostsVariable costs‚ and Break Even Point Exercise 10.1 Recompute fixed costsvariable costs‚ and the BEP. What are the variable costs? What are the fixed costs? How many meals will the WHDM program need to provide during the fiscal year to reach the BEP? How much profit will the program earn if it completes its 45‚000-meal contract with the City of Westchester? Answer:

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    Agri-environment contract adoption under fixed and variable compliance costs. This report looks at the agri-environment contract adpted by farmers’ to be able to contribute and partake in the enrivonmental schemes through pressure groups and government. It provides disctinct description to the differences in fixed and variable costs. The purpose of explaining the differences were to illustrate how farmers partaking to the project would be different than how much land will be needed to chip in the

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    depreciation expense or depreciation cost is fixed cost or variable cost in nature? Fixed costs: Fixed costs are such costs that do not change with the change in activity level within the relevant range. Where relevant range can be defined in terms of time or activity level. Variable costs: Variable costs are such costs that change with the change in activity level . Coming to the question‚ depreciation expense or depreciation cost can either be fixed or variable and this depends on the method adopted

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    Flexible Budgets

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    the flexible budget sales variance is a favorable variance of $. Smith Wholesale’s budgeted sales price is $40 per unit for a budgeted sales volume of 5‚000 units. The actual performance was 5‚500 units at an average sales price of $39.75. The dollar amount of sales variance to the difference in actual and budgeted volume is a favorable variance of $. McCarver Roofing’s budgeted manufacturing costs for 22‚000 squares of shingles are the following: Fixed manufacturing costs is $15‚000 Variable manufacturing

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    Flexible Budget

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    Below are the solution: Question 1 Prepare a new contribution report for February‚ in which: * The static budget column in the contribution report is replaced with a flexible budget column. * The variances in the contribution report are recomputed as the difference between the flexible budget and actual columns. Answer Particulars | Static Budget | Flexible Budget | Actual | Variance | Unit (pounds) | 200000 | 225000 | 225000 | 0 | Revenue | 1600000 | 1800000 | 1777500 |

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    is a flexible budget? A flexible budget projects budget data for various levels of activity. The flexible budget is a series of static budgets at different levels of activity. The flexible budget recognizes that the budgetary process is more useful if it is adaptable to changed operation conditions. Flexible budgets can be prepared for each of the types of budgets include in the master budget‚ so depending on your particular business you will have different budgets in your flexible budget.

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