Question

You have just been hired by FAB Corporation, the manufacturer of a revolutionary new garage door opening device. The president has asked that you review the company's costing system and "do what you can to help us get better control of our manufacturing overhead costs." You find that the company has never used a flexible budget, and you suggest that preparing such a budget would be an excellent first step in overhead planning and control. After much effort and analysis, you determined the following cost formulas and gathered the following actual cost data for March: Utilities Maintenance Supplies Indirect labor Depreciation Cost Formula $16,600 plus $0.12 per machine-hour $38,300 plus $1.30 per machine-hour $0.40 per machine-hour $94,500 plus $1.60 per machine-hour $67,900 Actual Cost in March $ 20,320 $ 52.900 $ 6,200 $121.000 $69.600 During March, the company worked 14,000 machine-hours and produced 8,000 units. The company had originally planned to work 16,000 machine-hours during March, Required: 1. Calculate the activity variances for March 2. Calculate the spending variances for March.

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Answer 1

1) Activity variance

Utilities (2000*.12)	240 F
Maintenance (2000*1.3)	2600 F
Supplies (2000*.40)	800 F
Indirect labor (2000*1.6)	3200 F
Depreciation	0 None
Total	6840 F

2) Spending variance

Utilities	2040 U
Maintenance	3600 F
Supplies	600 U
Indirect labor	4100 U
Depreciation	1700 U
Total	4840 U