You have just been hired by FAB Corporation the manufacturer

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 20,650 51,600 $ 7,300 $114,500 $69,500 Cost Formula Utilities Maintenance Supplies Indirect labor Depreciation $16,600 plus $0.15 per machine-hour $38,300 plus $1.30 per machine-hour $0.50 per machine-hour $94,100 plus $1.30 per machine-hour $67,800 During March, the company worked 13,000 machine-hours and produced 7,000 units. The company had originally planned to work 15,000 machine-hours during March. Required 1. Calculate the activity variances for March. 2. Calculate the spending variances for March.

Solution

1) Activity variance :

2) Spending variance :

Utilities	300 F
Maintenance	2600 F
Supplies	1000 F
Indirect labour	2600 F
Depreciation	0 None
Total	6500 F