Variance Analysis Question The Glass Vessel Company has established the following budget for producing one of its handblown vases: Materials (silica) 2 pounds @ 1.25 per pound Labor 1.5 hours @ $15.00 per hour In March of the most recent year, Glass Vessel produced 300 vases using 650 pounds of materials. Glass Vessel purchased the 650 pounds of materials for $845. Actual total labor costs for March were $7,200, which entailed 480 hours of labor. Please answer both of the following questions:Materials (silica) 2 pounds @ 1.25 per pound
Labor 1.5 hours @ $15.00 per hour
1. What was Glass Vessel’s flexible budget variance for materials in March? (As part of your answer, please indicate whether this variance was favorable or unfavorable.)
2. What was Glass Vessel’s labor efficiency/usage variance for March? (As part of your answer, indicate whether this variance was favorable or unfavorable.)
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Hitzu Co. sold a copier costing $6,500 with a two-year parts warranty to a customer on August 16, 2018, for $13,000 cash. Hitzu uses the perpetual inventory system. On November 22, 2019, the copier requires on-site repairs that are completed the same day. The repairs cost $113 for materials taken from the repair parts inventory. These are the only repairs required in 2019 for this copier. Based on experience, Hitzu expects to incur warranty costs equal to 5% of dollar sales. It records warranty expense with an adjusting entry at the end of each year.1. How much warranty expense does the company report in 2018 for this copier? 2. How much is the estimated warranty liability for this copier as of December 31, 2018? 3. How much warranty expense does the company report in 2019 for this copier? 4. How much is the estimated warranty liability for this copier as of December 31, 2019? 5. Prepare journal entries to record (a) the copier's sale; (b) the adjustment on December 31, 2018, to recognize the warranty expense; and (c) the repairs that occur in November 2019.

Rosa and Nick need to decide which one of them will take time off from work to complete the rather urgent task of digging postholes for their new fence. Rosa is pretty good with a post auger; she can dig the holes in 1 hour. Nick is somewhat slow; it takes him 6 hours to dig the holes. Rosa earns $120 per hour as a psychiatrist, while Nick earns $15 per hour as a cobbler. Keeping in mind that either Rosa or Nick must take time off from work to dig the holes, who has the lowest opportunity cost of completing the task?

It costs Vaughn Company $26 per unit ($18 variable and $8 fixed) to produce its product, which normally sells for $38 per unit. A foreign wholesaler offers to purchase 4800 units at $21 each. Vaughn would incur special shipping costs of $2 per unit if the order were accepted. Vaughn has sufficient unused capacity to produce the 4800 units. Required:
(a) If the special order is accepted, what will be the effect on net income?

The cases filed with HR at The Cross Company are concerning in that most of the classes that are protected by the CRA may have been included. During a meeting with the HR team, Mrs. Jackson reminds her employees that the Civil Rights Act as amended forbids discrimination on all of the following excepta) sex.
b) religion.
c) race.
d) color.
e) political preference.

The cost structure of two firms competing in the same industry is represented by the following cost formulas: Company X = $2,276,000 + $50/ unit; Company Z = $1,052,000 + $98/unit. The selling price is $145 per unit for both companies. Required: 1. Calculate the indifference point between the two cost structures, that is, the amount of unit sales that produce exactly the same operating income for Company X and Company Z.

A company has total fixed costs of $180,000 and a contribution margin ratio of 30%. How much sales are necessary to break even? a) $540,000
b) $600,000
c) $54,000
d) $126,000