Prepare a more informative performance report

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Case- ReelTime distributes DVDs to movie retailers, including dot-coms. ReelTime's top management meets monthly to evaluate the company's performance. Controller Terri Lon prepared the following performance report for the meeting.

REELTIME, INC. Income Statement Performance Report Month Ended July 31, 2007


Actual Results

Static Budget

Variance

Sales Revenue

$1,640,000

$1,960,000

$320,000 F

Variable Costs:




Variable Costs:

773,750

980,000

206,250 F

Sales Commissions

77,375

107,800

30.425 F

Shipping Expense

42,850

53,900

11,050 F

Total Variable Costs

893,975

1,141,700

247,725 F

Fixed Costs:




Salary Expense

311,450

300,500

10,950 U

Depreciation Expense

208,750

214,000

5,250 F

Rent Expense

128,250

108,250

20,000 U

Advertising Expense

81,100

68,500

12,600 U

Total Fixed Costs

729,550

691,250

38,300 U

Total Expenses

1,623,525

1,832,950

209,425 F

Operating Income

$16,475

$ 127,050

110,575 U

Lon also revealed that the actual sales price of $20 per movie was equal to the budgeted sales price and that there were no changes in inventories for the month.

Management is disappointed by the operating income results. CEO Lyle Nesbitt exclaims, "How can actual operating income be roughly 13% of the static budget amount when there are so many favorable variances?"

Requirements

1. Prepare a more informative performance report. Be sure to include a flexible budget for the actual number of DVDs bought and sold.

2. As a member of ReelTime's management team, which variances would you want investigated? Why?

3. Nesbit believes that many consumers are postponing purchases of new movies until after the introduction of a new format for recordable DVD players. In light of this information, how would you rate the company's performance?

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