Reference no: EM132759110
Question - Lochner Corporation is an oil well service company that measures its output by the number of wells serviced. The company has provided the following fixed and variable cost estimates that it uses for budgeting purposes and the actual results of operations for June.
Fixed Element per Month Variable Element per Well Serviced Actual Total for June
Revenue $5,600 $148,000
Employee salaries and wages $40,600 $1,200 $73,700
Servicing materials $500 $13,600
Other expenses $42,800 $43,300
When the company prepared its planning budget at the beginning of June, it assumed that 24 wells would have been serviced. However, 26 wells were actually serviced during June.
Required - Find the revenue variance in the Revenue and Spending Variances column of a report comparing actual results to the flexible budget for June?