You have just been hired by FAB Corporation, the manufacturer of a revolutionary

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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 Actual Cost in March 20,950 $ 59,000 11,200 $129,500 69,900 Cost Formula Utilities Maintenance Supplies Indirect labor $94,400 plus $1.80 per machine-hour Depreciation $68,200 $16,300 plus $0.15 per machine-hour $38,600 plus $1.40 per machine-hour $0.60 per machine-hour During March, the company worked 17,000 machine-hours and produced 11,000 units. The company had originally planned to work 19,000 machine-hours during March Required: 1. Calculate the activity variances for March 2. Calculate the spending variances for March

Explanation / Answer

1) Activity variance :

2) Spending variance :

Utilities 300 F Maintenance 2800 F Supplies 1200 F Indirect labour 3600 F Depreciation 0 None Total 7900 F

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