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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:
Utilities
Maintenance
Supplies
Indirect labor
Depreciation
Cont Formula
$16,900 $0.20 per nachine-hour
$38,200 $1.80 per machine-hour
50.80 per machine-hour
$94,100+ $1.70 per machine-hour
$67,800
Actual Cost
in March 1
$23,100
$71,600
$ 17,400
$ 132,400
$ 69,500
During March, the company worked 20,000 machine-hours and produced 14,000 units. The company had originally planned to work
22,000 machine-hours during March.
Required:
Calculate the activity variances for March.
2. Calculate the spending variances for March.
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Transcribed Image Text: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: Utilities Maintenance Supplies Indirect labor Depreciation Cont Formula $16,900 $0.20 per nachine-hour $38,200 $1.80 per machine-hour 50.80 per machine-hour $94,100+ $1.70 per machine-hour $67,800 Actual Cost in March 1 $23,100 $71,600 $ 17,400 $ 132,400 $ 69,500 During March, the company worked 20,000 machine-hours and produced 14,000 units. The company had originally planned to work 22,000 machine-hours during March. Required: Calculate the activity variances for March. 2. Calculate the spending variances for March.
Calculate the activity variances for March. (Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, "U" for
unfavorable, and "None" for no effect (i.e., zero variance). Input all amounts as positive values.)
FAB Corporation
Activity Variances
For the Month Ended March 31
Utilities
Maintenance
Supplies
Indirect labor
Depreciation
Total
F
F
Calculate the spending variances for March. (Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, "U" for
unfavorable, and "None" for no effect (i.e., zero variance). Input all amounts as positive values.)
Utilities
Maintenance
Supplies
Indirect labor
Depreciation
Total
0 None
FAB Corporation
Spending Variances
For the Month Ended March 31
U
F
U
U
U
U
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Transcribed Image Text:Calculate the activity variances for March. (Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, "U" for unfavorable, and "None" for no effect (i.e., zero variance). Input all amounts as positive values.) FAB Corporation Activity Variances For the Month Ended March 31 Utilities Maintenance Supplies Indirect labor Depreciation Total F F Calculate the spending variances for March. (Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, "U" for unfavorable, and "None" for no effect (i.e., zero variance). Input all amounts as positive values.) Utilities Maintenance Supplies Indirect labor Depreciation Total 0 None FAB Corporation Spending Variances For the Month Ended March 31 U F U U U U
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