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	$4,300 + $1.50q
Utilities	$5,600 + $0.90q
Supplies	$1,200 + $0.40q
Equipment depreciation	$18,700 + $3.00q
Factory rent	$8,100
Property taxes	$2,700
Factory administration	$13,300 + $0.70q

The Production Department planned to work 4,400 labor-hours in March; however, it actually worked 4,200 labor-hours during the month. Its actual costs incurred in March are listed below:

	Actual Cost Incurred in March
Direct labor	$	69,600
Indirect labor	$	10,080
Utilities	$	9,950
Supplies	$	3,170
Equipment depreciation	$	31,300
Factory rent	$	8,500
Property taxes	$	2,700
Factory administration	$	15,610

Required:

1. Prepare the Production Departments planning budget for the month.

2. Prepare the Production Departments flexible budget for the month.

3. Prepare the Production Departments flexible budget performance report for March, including both the spending and activity variances.