Software for You Encounters Revenue-Allocation Decisions with Its Bundled Product

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Essay

Software For You encounters revenue-allocation decisions with its bundled product sales. Here, two or more units of the software are sold as a single package. Managers at Software For You are keenly interested in individual product-profitability figures. Information pertaining to its three bundled products and the stand-alone selling prices of its individual products is as follows:
Required:
a. Using the stand-alone revenue-allocation method, allocate the $380 packaged price of "All Three" to the three software products
b. Allocate the $380 packaged price of "All Three" to the three software products using the incremental revenue-allocation method. Assume Word Processing is the primary product, followed by Spreadsheet, and then Accounting Software.

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Definitions:

Materials Price Variance

The difference between the actual cost of materials used in production and the standard cost of those materials.

Direct Materials

Raw materials that are directly traceable to the finished product and constitute a significant part of its costs.

Variable Overhead Spending Variance

The difference between actual variable overhead costs incurred and the expected (standard) costs based on the actual level of production activity.

Fixed Overhead Spending Variance

The difference between the actual and budgeted fixed overhead costs incurred during a period.