Hot Stuff Operates a Delivery Service for Local Restaurants, Delivering

question 66

Essay

Hot Stuff operates a delivery service for local restaurants, delivering call-in, to-go meals for restaurant customers. Variable overhead costs are applied at the budgeted rate of $3 per driving hour. The typical roundtrip takes a driver 45 minutes to complete. Actual results for March follow.
Number of roundtrips run: 1,560
Hours of delivery time: 1,250
Variable overhead cost incurred: $3,450
Hot Stuff uses flexible budgets and variance analysis to monitor performance.
Required:
A. Prepare a flexible-budget performance report that shows (1) actual variable overhead, (2) the amount of variable overhead that should have been incurred for the number of roundtrips taken, and (3) the variance between these amounts.
B. Compute the company's variable-overhead spending and efficiency variances.
C. Compare the variances that you computed in requirements "A" and "B," and comment on your findings.

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Definitions:

ATC

Stands for Air Traffic Control, a service provided to direct aircraft safely in the sky and on the ground.

Output Q3

A specific reference to the quantity of goods or services produced in the third quarter of a financial or calendar year.

Lowest Cost

The minimum expense incurred in producing or offering a good or service, often emphasized as a competitive advantage in markets.

Total Cost

The total expense of manufacturing, encompassing both constant and fluctuating expenses.