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Flex Budget

Flex Budget

by gabriela lomachinsky -
Number of replies: 1

I'm sorry to ask, I know that this is a bit of a complicated thing to ask here. 

However, when I'm doing a flexible budget, when I already have the static and actual, How do I know the amount, the quantity, to use in the flex budget for DM, or DL ?

In this question for exemple, I understand what to do for the revenues and Fixed costs, but for DM,,DL and packing, what whould I do ? 

Should I divide the static DL value for the budget volume, 15000/10000, and presume that this is the "wagr/price of labour", and for the quantity of DL, do I just use the actual volume, 9540 ? 

I'm a bit confused on what to do, sometime they tell you a usage rate or a price and you can discover what you need, but in this cases where they don't tell me anything, How should I do the flex budget ?



In reply to gabriela lomachinsky

Re: Flex Budget

by Pedro Pinto da Silva Perdigão -
Hello Gabriela,

Since in the Flexible Budget you're only accounting for actual changes in the volume of units sold, prices and efficiencies for DM and DL will be the same. Therefore, you can assume the total value changes proportionally to the Sales, meaning:

Sales Units were 9 540 compared to a budget of 10 000. In the flexible budget, Direct Materials will be 15 000€ * 9 540/10 000 = 14 310€. Direct Labor will be also 14 310€

Good study!