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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: Budget Actual Variable costs for lubricants $372,500 $478,250 Fixed conta for salaries and other $189.000 $ 202,900 "Budgeted at $25 per machine-hour. Data for the Forming and Assembly Departments follow: Percentage of Peak-Period Capacity Required Forming Department Assembly Department Total Machine-Hours Budget Actual 9,500 11,500 5,400 4,400 14,900 15,900 274 1000 The level of fixed costs in the Maintenance Department is determined by pedk-perlod requirements. Required: 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? Required 1 Required 2 How much Maintenance Department cost should be charged to the Forming Department and to the Assembly Department? Forming Assembly Department Department Total cost charged Required 1 Required 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? Spending variance