The Percent Variance in Sales calculator computes the percentage of the difference in sales in two periods.
INSTRUCTIONS: Choose your preferred currency units and enter the following:
- (LS) Last Period Sales Total
- (TS) This Period Sales Total
% Variance in Sales (PVS): The calculator returns the sales variance as a percent change.
The Math / Science
In budgeting (or management accounting in general), a variance is the difference between a budgeted, planned or standard cost and the actual amount incurred/sold. Variances can be computed for both costs and revenues. This equation shows the percentage of variance in relation to sales.. For example, if the sales last year (LS) was $100 and the sales this year (TS) was $120, the Percent Variance in Sales would be 20% as follows:
`PVS = (TS) /(LS) - 1 ` = 20%
`PVS = ($120) / ($100) - 1 ` = 20%
Using this formula, all increases in sales are positive percentages, and all decreases in sales are negative percentages.
Note: this is algebraically equivalent to the Percent Variance in Sales formula :
`PVS =(TS - LS) /(LS) `
where:
- PVS = Percent Sales Variance
- TS = Total Sales for THIS period
- LS = Total Sales for LAST period
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Resource:
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