# Price Versus Volume Variance Split Check

Split a sales variance into its price and volume parts before explaining it.

## Scope
Preparation and review only. No account action or professional decision.

## Inputs
Budgeted units and price, actual units and price, and the reported variance split.

## Workflow
1. Compute the price variance as actual price minus budget price, times actual units.
2. Compute the volume variance as actual units minus budget units, times budget price.
3. Check that the two parts sum to the total variance.
4. Compare to the reported split and return differences.

## Output contract
variance | price_part | volume_part | total | reported_total | match

## Fictional acceptance test
Fictional budget is 1,000 units at 50 and actual is 1,100 units at 48: price variance is (48 - 50) x 1,100 = -2,200, volume variance is (1,100 - 1,000) x 50 = +5,000, net +2,800; the reported +3,200 total is off by 400.

## Review gates
Keep original values, source IDs and version dates. Unknown facts stay held. Use qualified review for hiring, legal and accounting conclusions. No send, share, sign-in, scheduling, ledger change or payment. Fictional contract review is not a live account compatibility test.

## Method source
https://corporatefinanceinstitute.com/resources/accounting/variance-analysis/

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