Solitaire Company's fixed budget performance report for June follows. The $330,000 budgeted expenses include $272,800 variable expenses and $57,200 fixed expenses. Fixed bidget Annual results Variance
Sales (in units) 8800 11,200
Sales (in dollars) $440,000 $560,000 $120,000F
Total expenses 330,000 392,000 62,000U
Income from operations 110,000 168,000 58,000F

Required:
Prepare a flexible budget performance report showing any variances between budgeted and actual results. List fixed and variable expenses separately.

Banana computers has decided to procure processing chips required for its laptops from external suppliers instead of manufacturing them in their own facilities. how will this decision affect the firm? a. the firm will be protected against the principal-agent problem. b. the firm's administrative costs will be low because of necessary bureaucracy. c. the firm will have more flexibility in purchasing and comparing prices of goods and services. d. the firm will have high-powered incentives, such as hourly wages and salaries.

At the beginning of 2014, winston corporation issued 10% bonds with a face value of $2,000,000. these bonds mature in five years, and interest is paid semiannually on june 30 and december 31. the bonds were sold for $1,852,800 to yield 12%. winston uses a calendar-year reporting period. using the effective-interest method of amortization, what amount of interest expense should be reported for 2014? (round your answer to the nearest dollar.)

Atelephone call center uses three customer service representatives (csrs) during the 8: 30 a.m. to 9: 00 a.m. time period. the standard service rate is 3.0 minutes per telephone call per csr. assuming a target labor utilization rate of 80 percent, how many calls can these three csrs handle during this half-hour period?