Accounting Problem - Variance Analysis

Question

Four Flags is a retail department store. On January 1, 2014, Four Flags' accountants used the following data to develop the master budget for Four Flags for 2014:

Cost
Fixed
Variable (per unit sold)
Cost of Goods Sold
$0
$5.80
Selling and Promotion Expense
$215,000
$0.80
Building Occupancy Expense
$190,000
$0.20
Buying Expense
$140,000
$0.30
Delivery Expense
$110,000
$0.10
Credit and Collection Expense
$66,000
$0.03

 

Expected unit sales in 2014 were 1,300,000, and 2014 total revenue was expected to be $13,000,000. Actual 2014 unit sales turned out to be 1,000,000, and total revenue was $10,000,000. Actual total costs in 2014 were:

 

Cost of Goods Sold $6,000,000
Selling and Promotion Expense $900,000
Building Occupancy Expense $390,000
Buying Expense $640,000
Delivery Expense $190,000
Credit and Collection Expense $25,000

 

Required
Compute the flexible-budget variances for the following two cost items (NOTE: enter favorable variances as positive numbers and unfavorable variances as negative numbers): 

  Credit and Collection Expense =



  Selling and Promotion Expense =

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