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: Cost Formula Actual Cost in March Utilities $16,700 + $0.14 per machine-hour $ 21,720 Maintenance $39,000 + $1.90 per machine-hour $ 76,500 Supplies $0.70 per machine-hour $ 15,900 Indirect labor $94,500 + $1.60 per machine-hour $ 132,200 Depreciation $68,400 $ 70,100 During March, the company worked 21,000 machine-hours and produced 15,000 units. The company had originally planned to work 23,000 machine-hours during March. Required: 1. Calculate the activity variances for March. 2. Calculate the spending variances for March. Calculate the spending variances for March. (Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, "U" for unfavorable, and "None" for no effect (i.e., zero variance). Input all amounts as positive values.) FAB Corporation Spending Variances For the Month Ended March 31 Utilities ____ U Maintenance 2,400 F Supplies ____ U Indirect labor ____ U Depreciation ____ U Total ____ U

Answer 1

1) Activity variance

	Activity variance
Utilities (0.14*2000)	280 F
Maintenance (1.9*2000)	3800 F
Supplies (2000*.70)	1400 F
Indirect labor (2000*1.6)	3200 F
Depreciation	0 None
Total	8680 F

2) Spending variance

	Activity variance
Utilities	2080 U
Maintenance	2400 F
Supplies	1200 U
Indirect labor	4100 U
Depreciation	1700 U
Total	6680 U