Exercise 22-3 Myers Company uses a flexible budget for manufacturing overhead ba

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Exercise 22-3

Myers Company uses a flexible budget for manufacturing overhead based on direct labor hours. Variable manufacturing overhead costs per direct labor hour are as follows.

Fixed overhead costs per month are Supervision $3,800, Depreciation $1,000, and Property Taxes $900. The company believes it will normally operate in a range of 8,100–12,000 direct labor hours per month.

Prepare a monthly manufacturing overhead flexible budget for 2017 for the expected range of activity, using increments of 1,300 direct labor hours. (List variable costs before fixed costs.)

Explanation / Answer

Monthly Manufacturing Overhead Flexible Budget Activity level Direct labor hours 8100 9400 10700 12000 Variable costs: Indirect labor 10530 12220 13910 15600 Indirect materials 4860 5640 6420 7200 Utilities 3240 3760 4280 4800 Total variable cost 18630 21620 24610 27600 Fixed costs: Supervision 3800 3800 3800 3800 Depreciation 1000 1000 1000 1000 Property taxes 900 900 900 900 Total fixed costs 5700 5700 5700 5700 Total costs 24330 27320 30310 33300

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