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 $ 22,180 $ 76,700 10,300 $120,600 69,600 Cost Formula Utilities Maintenance Supplies Indirect labor $94,500 plus $1.20 per machine-hour Depreciation $16,600 plus $0.18 per machine-hour $38,800 plus $2.10 per machine-hour $0.50 per machine-hour $67,900 During March, the company worked 19,000 machine-hours and produced 13,000 units. The company had originally planned to work 21,000 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 360 F Maintenance 4200 F Supplies 1000 F Indirect labour 2400 F Depreciation 0 None Total 7960 F

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