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 316,588 + $0.12 per machine-hour $38,700 + $2.00 per machine-hour se.5e per machine-hour 594,900 + $1.30 per machine-houn 567Bee Actual cost in March $ 20, 180 $ 62, See $ 7,388 $115,380 $ 69, see During March, the company worked 13.000 machine-hours and produced 7.000 units. The company had originally planned to work 15.000 machine-hours during March. Required: 1. Prepare a flexible budget for March, 2. Prepare a report showing the spending variances for March Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required Prepare a flexible budget for March input amounts as positive values

Answer 1

1) Flexible budget

Utilities (13000*.12+16500)	18060
Maintenance	64700
Supplies	6500
Indirect labor	111800
Depreciation	67800
Total	268860

2) Spending variance

Utilities (18060-20100)	2040 U
Maintenance	2200 F
Supplies	800 U
Indirect labor	3500 U
Depreciation	1700 U
Total	5840 U