7. EX.22.03.ALGO

Static Budget versus Flexible Budget

The production supervisor of the Machining Department for Hagerstown Company agreed to the following monthly static budget for the upcoming year:

Hagerstown Company Machining Department Monthly Production Budget
Wages	$701,000
Utilities	35,000
Depreciation	59,000
Total	$795,000

The actual amount spent and the actual units produced in the first three months in the Machining Department were as follows:

	Amount Spent		Units Produced
May	$749,000		117,000
June	718,000		107,000
July	681,000		96,000

The Machining Department supervisor has been very pleased with this performance because actual expenditures for MayJuly have been significantly less than the monthly static budget of 795,000. However, the plant manager believes that the budget should not remain fixed for every month but should flex or adjust to the volume of work that is produced in the Machining Department. Additional budget information for the Machining Department is as follows:

Wages per hour	$22.00
Utility cost per direct labor hour	$1.10
Direct labor hours per unit	0.25
Planned monthly unit production	128,000

a. Prepare a flexible budget for the actual units produced for May, June, and July in the Machining Department. Assume depreciation is a fixed cost. If required, use per unit amounts carried out to two decimal places.

Hagerstown Company Machining Department Budget For the Three Months Ending July 31

	May	June	July
Units of production	117,000	107,000	96,000
AdvertisingRentResearch and developmentSuppliesWages	$- Select -	$- Select -	$- Select -
AdvertisingRentResearch and developmentSuppliesUtilities	- Select -	- Select -	- Select -
AdvertisingDepreciationRentResearch and developmentSupplies	- Select -	- Select -	- Select -
Total	$fill in the blank 1c6f300cb05fff5_13	$fill in the blank 1c6f300cb05fff5_14	$fill in the blank 1c6f300cb05fff5_15
Supporting calculations:
Units of production	117,000	107,000	96,000
Hours per unit	x fill in the blank 1c6f300cb05fff5_16	x fill in the blank 1c6f300cb05fff5_17	x fill in the blank 1c6f300cb05fff5_18
Total hours of production	fill in the blank 1c6f300cb05fff5_19	fill in the blank 1c6f300cb05fff5_20	fill in the blank 1c6f300cb05fff5_21
Wages per hour	x $fill in the blank 1c6f300cb05fff5_22	x $fill in the blank 1c6f300cb05fff5_23	x $fill in the blank 1c6f300cb05fff5_24
Total wages	$fill in the blank 1c6f300cb05fff5_25	$fill in the blank 1c6f300cb05fff5_26	$fill in the blank 1c6f300cb05fff5_27
Total hours of production	fill in the blank 1c6f300cb05fff5_28	fill in the blank 1c6f300cb05fff5_29	fill in the blank 1c6f300cb05fff5_30
Utility costs per hour	x $fill in the blank 1c6f300cb05fff5_31	x $fill in the blank 1c6f300cb05fff5_32	x $fill in the blank 1c6f300cb05fff5_33
Total utilities	$fill in the blank 1c6f300cb05fff5_34	$fill in the blank 1c6f300cb05fff5_35	$fill in the blank 1c6f300cb05fff5_36

b. Compare the flexible budget with the actual expenditures for the first three months.

	May	June	July
Total flexible budget	$fill in the blank 2f919107fff9fe5_1	$fill in the blank 2f919107fff9fe5_2	$fill in the blank 2f919107fff9fe5_3
Actual cost	fill in the blank 2f919107fff9fe5_4	fill in the blank 2f919107fff9fe5_5	fill in the blank 2f919107fff9fe5_6
Excess of actual cost over budget	$fill in the blank 2f919107fff9fe5_7	$fill in the blank 2f919107fff9fe5_8	$fill in the blank 2f919107fff9fe5_9

What does this comparison suggest?

The Machining Department has performed better than originally thought.	YesNo
The department is spending more than would be expected.	YesNo