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Lowell Company’s manufacturing overhead budget for the first quarter of 2014 con

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Question

Lowell Company’s manufacturing overhead budget for the first quarter of 2014 contained the following data.

Variable Costs Fixed Costs Indirect materials Indirect labor Utilities Maintenance $11,033 $35,786 6,193 7,739 5,485 Supervisory salaries 10,402 Depreciation 7,717 5,774 Maintenance Property taxes and insurance Actual variable costs were indirect materials $15,410, indirect labor $9,598, utilities $9,073, and maintenance $4,881. Actual fixed costs equaled budgeted costs except for property taxes and insurance, which were $8,987. The actual activity level equaled the budgeted level. All costs are considered controllable by the production department manager except for depreciation, and property taxes and insurance.

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Lowell Company

Fexible budget for 31st March 2014

Item 1.Budget($) 2.Actual($) Variance(1-2)$ Variable Overhead Indirect materials 11033 15410 4377(U) Indirect Labor 10402 9598 804(F) Utilities 7717 9073 1356(U) Maintenence 5774 4881 893(F) Fixed Cost Supervisor salary 35786 35786 N Depreciation 6193 6193 N Property taxes $ insurance 7739 8987 1248(U) Maintenence 5485 5485 N