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SORIA COMPANY Clothing Department Budget Report For the Month Ended October 31, 2020
					Difference
	Budget		Actual		Favorable Unfavorable Neither Favorable nor Unfavorable
Sales in units	7,600		10,000		2,400	Favorable
Variable expenses
Sales commissions	$1,824		$2,600		$776	Unfavorable
Advertising expense	988		800		188	Favorable
Travel expense	3,496		4,000		504	Unfavorable
Free samples given out	1,520		1,200		320	Favorable
Total variable	7,828		8,600		772	Unfavorable
Fixed expenses
Rent	1,700		1,700		0	Neither Favorable nor Unfavorable
Sales salaries	1,300		1,300		0	Neither Favorable nor Unfavorable
Office salaries	600		600		0	Neither Favorable nor Unfavorable
Depreciationautos (sales staff)	500		500		0	Neither Favorable nor Unfavorable
Total fixed	4,100		4,100		0	Neither Favorable nor Unfavorable
Total expenses	$11,928		$12,700		$772	Unfavorable

As a result of this budget report, Joe was called into the presidents office and congratulated on his fine sales performance. He was reprimanded, however, for allowing his costs to get out of control. Joe knew something was wrong with the performance report that he had been given. However, he was not sure what to do, and comes to you for advice.

Prepare a budget report based on flexible budget data to help Joe. (List variable costs before fixed costs.)

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