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ezto.mheducation.com/hm.tpx 3 10.00 points 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 Cost Formula Utilities Supplies $0.40 per machine-hour Depreciation $67,700 in March $16,400 plus $0.16 per machine-hour $21,240 Maintenance $38,100 plus $1.60 per machine-hour 62,300 $ 7,400 Indirect labor $94,200 plus $1.80 per machine-hour $ 129,300 S 69,400 During March, the company worked 17,000 machine-hours and produced 11,000 units. The company had originally planned to work 19,000 machine-hours during March. Required: 1. Complete the report showing the activity variances for March. (Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F* for favorable, "Ur 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 $ 21,242X F None Total 2. Complete the report showing the spending variances for March. (Indicate the effect of each variance selecting "F" for favorable, "U" for unfavorable, and-None" for no effect (ie.. ere variance) Input all amounts as positive values.) FAB Corporation

Explanation / Answer

Actual

Spending variance

Flexible

(17,000MH)

Activity

Variance

Static budget

(19,000MH)

Utilities

21,240

2,120(U)

19,120

320(F)

19,440

Maintenance

62,300

3,000(F)

65,300

3,200(F)

68,500

Supplies

7,400

600(U)

6,800

800(F)

7,600

Indirect labor

129,300

4,500(U)

124,800

3,600(F)

128,400

Depreciation

69,400

1,700(U)

67,700

None

67,700

total

289,640

5,920(U)

283,720

7,920(F)

291,640

Actual

Spending variance

Flexible

(17,000MH)

Activity

Variance

Static budget

(19,000MH)

Utilities

21,240

2,120(U)

19,120

320(F)

19,440

Maintenance

62,300

3,000(F)

65,300

3,200(F)

68,500

Supplies

7,400

600(U)

6,800

800(F)

7,600

Indirect labor

129,300

4,500(U)

124,800

3,600(F)

128,400

Depreciation

69,400

1,700(U)

67,700

None

67,700

total

289,640

5,920(U)

283,720

7,920(F)

291,640