Exercise 9-15 (Algo) Flexible Budget Performance Report in a Cost Center [LO9-1, LO9-2, LO9-3, LO9-4] Packaging Solutions Corporation manufactures and sells a wide variety of packaging products. Performance reports are prepared monthly for each department. The planning budget and flexible budget for the Production Department are based on the following formulas, where q is the number of labor-hours worked in a month: Cost Formulas Direct labor $16.20q Indirect labor $4,700 + $2.10q Utilities $5,000 + $0.30q Supplies $1, 500 + $0.30q Equipment depreciation $18, 100 + $2.70q Factory rent $8, 100 Property taxes $2,900 Factory administration $13, 400 + $0.80q The Production Department planned to work 4,000 labor-hours in March; however, it actually worked 3,800 labor-hours during the month. Its actual costs incurred in March are listed below: Actual Cost Incurred in March Direct labor $ 63,120 Indirect labor $ 12, 280 Utilities 6,590 Supplies 2,910 Equipment depreciation 28,360 Factory rent 8,500 Property taxes 2,900 Factory administration $ 15, 830 Required: 1. Prepare the Production Department's planning budget for the month. 2. Prepare the Production Department's flexible budget for the month. 3. Prepare the Production Department's flexible budget performance report for March, including both the spending and activity variances.Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required 1 Required 2 Required 3 Prepare the Production Department's planning budget for the month. Packaging Solutions Corporation Production Department Planning Budget For the Month Ended March 31 Direct labor Indirect labor Utilities Supplies Equipment depreciation Factory rent Property taxes Factory administration Total expense Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required 1 Required 2 Required 3 Prepare the Production Department's planning budget for the month. Packaging Solutions Corporation Production Department Planning Budget For the Month Ended March 31 Actual labor-hours Budgeted labor-hours supplies Equipment depreciation Factory rent Property taxes Factory administration Total expense Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required 1 Required 2 Required 3 Prepare the Production Department's flexible budget for the month. Packaging Solutions Corporation Production Department Flexible Budget For the Month Ended March 31 Direct labor Indirect labor Utilities Supplies Equipment depreciation Factory rent Property taxes Factory administration Total expense Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required 1 Required 2 Required 3 Prepare the Production Department's flexible budget for the month. Packaging Solutions Corporation Production Department Flexible Budget For the Month Ended March 31 Actual labor-hours Budgeted labor-hours Supplies Equipment depreciation Factory rent Property taxes Factory administration Total expense Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required 1 Required 2 Required 3 Prepare the Production Department's flexible budget performance report for March, including both the spending and activity variances. (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.) Packaging Solutions Corporation Production Department Flexible Budget Performance Report For the Month Ended March 31 Actual Flexible Planning Results Budget Budget Labor-hours 3,800 Direct labor $ 63,120 Indirect labor 12,280 Utilities 6,590 Supplies 2,910 Equipment depreciation 28,360 Factory rent 8,500 Property taxes 2,900 Factory administration 15,830 Total expense $ 140,490