Skoff Corporation is a shipping container refurbishment company that measures its output by the number of containers refurbished. The company has provided the following fixed and variable cost estimates that it uses for budgeting purposes and the actual results of operations for March. Fixed Element per MonthVariable Element per Container RefurbishedActual Total for MarchRevenue $4,000$130,000Employee salaries and wages$42,700 $1,000$75,600Refurbishing materials $600$18,800Other expenses$37,900 $38,400?When the company prepared its planning budget at the beginning of March, it assumed that 35 containers would have been refurbished. However, 32 containers were actually refurbished during March.?The activity variance for "Refurbishing materials" for March would have
been closest to:
A. $2,200 U
B. $1,800 F
C. $2,200 F
D. $1,800 U
Answer: B
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