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 $20.600 50.19 per machine-hour $40,000 - $1.60 per machine-hour 50.30 per machine-hour $130, eee + $0.70 per machine-hour $70,000 Actual Cost in March $ 24, 200 $ 78,100 $ 8.400 $ 149,600 $ 71,500 During March, the company worked 26,000 machine hours and produced 15,000 units. The company had originally planned to work 30,000 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 Required 2 Prepare a flexible budget for March. (Input all amounts as positive values.) FAB Corporation Flexible Budget For the Month Ended March 31 Machine-hours Utibes Maintenance Supplies Indirect labor Depreciation Total Required Required 2 > 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 $20,600 - $8.10 per machine-hour $40,000 - $1.60 per machine-hour $8.30 per machine-hour $138,000 + $0.70 per machine-hour $70,000 Actual Cost in March $ 24, 20e $ 78,100 $ 8.400 $ 149,600 $ 71,500 During March, the company worked 26,000 machine-hours and produced 15,000 units. The company had originally planned to work 30,000 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 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 (i.e., zero variance). Input all amounts as positive values.) FAB Corporation Spending Variances For the Month Ended March 31 Utilities Maintenance Supplies Indirect labor Depreciation Total
