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
Cost Formula
\$16,500 + \$0.18 per machine-hour
\$38,200 + \$2.00 per machine-hour
\$0.88 per machine-hour
\$94,400 + \$1.50 per machine-hour
\$68,100
Actual
Cost in
March
\$ 22,260
\$ 76,000
\$ 17,400
\$128,300
\$69,000
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:
1. Calculate the activity variances for March.
2. Calculate the spending variances for March.
