Exercise 9-16 Flexible Budgets in a Cost Center [LO9-1, LO9-2]

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	$16.50q
Indirect labor	$4,400 + $1.60q
Utilities	$5,500 + $0.70q
Supplies	$1,500 + $0.30q
Equipment depreciation	$18,400 + $2.70q
Factory rent	$8,600
Property taxes	$2,500
Factory administration	$13,700 + $0.90q

The Production Department planned to work 4,500 labor-hours in March; however, it actually worked 4,300 labor-hours during the month. Its actual costs incurred in March are listed below:

	Actual Cost Incurred in March
Direct labor	$	72,570
Indirect labor	$	10,780
Utilities	$	9,040
Supplies	$	3,060
Equipment depreciation	$	30,010
Factory rent	$	9,000
Property taxes	$	2,500
Factory administration	$	16,980

Required:

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

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

3. Calculate the spending variances for all expense items.