"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 in March $ 22,500 $ 60,700 $ 11,800 $ 123,000 $ 69,300 utilities Maintenance Supplies Indirect labor Depreciation Cost Formula $16,900 $0.19 per machine-hour $38,900 $1.40 per machine-hour $0.60 per machine-hour $94,900 $1.40 per machine-hour 167,600 During March, the company worked 18,000 machine-hours and produced 12,000 units. The company had originally planned to work 20,000 machine-hours during March.
Variance Analysis
In layman's terms, variance analysis is an analysis of a difference between planned and actual behavior. Variance analysis is mainly used by the companies to maintain a control over a business. After analyzing differences, companies find the reasons for the variance so that the necessary steps should be taken to correct that variance.
Standard Costing
The standard cost system is the expected cost per unit product manufactured and it helps in estimating the deviations and controlling them as well as fixing the selling price of the product. For example, it helps to plan the cost for the coming year on the various expenses.
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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
Cost Formula
$16,900 $0.19 per machine-hour
$38,900+ $1.40 per machine-hour
$0.60 per machine-hour
$94,900
$67,600
$1.40 per machine-hour
During March, the company worked 18,000 machine-hours and produced 12,000 units. The company had originally planned to work
20,000 machine-hours during March.
Required:
1. Prepare a flexible budget for March.
2. Prepare a report showing the spending variances for March
Utilities
Maintenance
Supplies
Indirect labor
Depreciation
Actual Cost in
March
$ 22,500
$ 60,700
$ 11,800
$ 123,800
$ 69,300
Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below.
Required 1 Required 2
Prepare a report showing the spending variances for March, (Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for
favorable, "U" for unfavorable, and "None" for no effect (.e., zero variance). Input all amounts as positive values.)
FAB Corporation
Spending Variances
For the Month Ended March 311](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Fea1f8e50-0548-4612-a22c-3a6401a939fa%2F942a3d5a-2603-4087-a47a-9a7161b3d153%2Fttbtl8_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
![During March, the company worked 18,000 machine-hours and produced 12,000 units. The compa
20,000 machine-hours during March.
Required:
1. Prepare a flexible budget for March.
2. Prepare a report showing the spending variances for March.
Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below.
Required 1
Prepare a flexible budget for March. (Input all amounts as positive values.)
FAB Corporation
Flexible Budget
For the Month Ended March 31
Machine-hours
Utilities
Maintenance
Supplies
Indirect labor
Depreciation
Total
Required 1
Required 2
Required:
1. Prepare a flexible budget for March.
2. Prepare a report showing the spending variances for March.
Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below.
Utilities
Maintenance
Supplies
Indirect labor
Depreciation
Total
< Required 1
Required 2
Prepare a report showing the spending variances for March. (Indate the effect of each varianc
favorable, "U" for unfavorable, and "None" for no effect (i.e., zero variance). Input all amounts
FAB Corporation
Spending Variances
For the Month Ended March 31
Utilities
Maintenance
Supplies
Indirect labor
Depreciation
Required 2 >
< Required 1
You have just been hired by FAB Corporation, the manufacturer of a revolutionary new garag
asked that you review the company's costing system and "do what you can to help us get be
overhead costs." You find that the company has never used a flexible budget, and you sugge
an excellent first step in overhead planning and control.
After much effort and analysis, you determined the following cost formulas and gathered the 1
Cost Formula
$16,900+ $0.19 per machine-hour
$38,900+ $1.40 per machine-hour
$0.60 per machine-hour
$94,900+ $1.40 per machine-hour
$67,600
Required 2>
Required:
1. Prepare a flexible budget for March.
2. Prepare a report showing the spending variances for March.
Actual Cost in
March
$ 22,500
$ 60,700
$ 11,800
$ 123,800
$ 69,300
During March, the company worked 18,000 machine-hours and produced 12,000 units. The cor
20,000 machine-hours during March.](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Fea1f8e50-0548-4612-a22c-3a6401a939fa%2F942a3d5a-2603-4087-a47a-9a7161b3d153%2Fvp4pynn_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
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