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 $16,00 plus $0.16 per machine-hour $38,500 plus $2.00 per machine-hour $0.70 per machine-hour $95,000 plus $1.80 per machine hour $67,800 Actual Cost in March $22.440 $ 80.389 $ 16,600 $ 139, 100 $ 69,500 During March, the company worked 22,000 machine hours and produced 16,000 units. The company had originally planned to work 24,000 machine-hours during March Required: 1. Calculate the activity variances for March 2. Calculate the spending variances for March Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required 1 Required 2 Calculate the activity variances for March (Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, "U" for < Prev 1 of 14 Next >

Answer 1

1) Activity variance

Utilities (2000*.16)	320 F
Maintenance	4000 F
Supplies (2000*.70)	1400 F
Indirect labor	3600 F
Depreciation	0 None
Total	9320 F

2) Spending variance

Utilities	2120 U
Maintenance	2200 F
Supplies	1200 U
Indirect labor	4500 U
Depreciation	1700 U
Total	7320 U