Actual Budget Variable costs for lubricants .. Fixed costs for salaries and other $96,000* $110,000 $150,000 $153,000 .... 'Budgeted at $0.40 per machine-hour. Percentage of Peak-Period Capacity Required Machine-Hours Budget Actual Forming Department Assembly Department . Total 70% 160,000 190,000 30% 80,000 70,000 100% 240,000 260,000
Service Department Charges
Tasman Products, Ltd., of Australia has a Maintenance Department that services the equipment in the company’s Forming Department and Assembly Department. The cost of this servicing is charged to the operating departments on the basis of machine-hours. Cost and other data relating to the Maintenance Department and to the other two departments for the most recent year are presented below.
Data for the Maintenance Department follow:
Data for the Forming and Assembly Departments follow:
The level of fixed costs in the Maintenance Department is determined by peak-period requirements.
Required:
Management would like data to assist in comparing actual performance to planned performance in the Maintenance Department and in the other departments.
1. How much Maintenance Department cost should be charged to the Forming Department and to the Assembly Department?
2. How much, if any, of the actual Maintenance Department costs for the year should be treated as a spending variance and not charged to the Forming and Assembly departments? Explain the rationale for your answer.
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