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 $21,260 $ 62,100 11,300 $127,600 $ 69,700 Cost Formula Utilities Maintenance Supplies Indirect labor $94,500 plus $1.40 per machine-hour Depreciation $16,700 plus $0.12 per machine-hour $38,400 plus $1.30 per machine-hour $0.50 per machine-hour $68,000 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

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Planning budget Flexible budget Activity variances Utilities 19460 19220 240 F Maintenance 68300 65700 2600 F Supplies 11500 10500 1000 F Indirect labor 126700 123900 2800 F Depreciation 68000 68000 0 None Total 293960 287320 6640 F Actual Flexible budget Spending variances Utilities 21260 19220 2040 U Maintenance 62100 65700 3600 F Supplies 11300 10500 800 U Indirect labor 127600 123900 3700 U Depreciation 69700 68000 1700 U Total 291960 287320 4640 U

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