Flexible Budget for Varying Levels of Activity

Nashler Company has the following budgeted variable costs per unit produced:

Direct materials $$7\mathrm{.}20$

Direct labor $1\mathrm{.}54$

Variable overhead:

Supplies $0\mathrm{.}23$

Maintenance $0\mathrm{.}19$

Power $0\mathrm{.}18$

Budgeted fixed overhead costs per month include supervision of $$98,000,$ depreciation of $$76,000,$ and other overhead of $$245,000.$

In March, Nashler Company produced $170,000$ units and had the following actual costs:

Direct materials $$1,220,000$

Direct labor $268,300$

Supplies $39,700$

Maintenance $32,240$

Power $30,530$

Supervision $99,400$

Depreciation $76,000$

Other overhead $244,300$

Required:

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$1.$ Prepare a performance report for Nashler Company comparing actual costs with the flexible budget for actual units produced. If there is no variance, enter $"0"$ for the amount and select $"$NA$"$ in the last column.

Nashler Company

Performance Report

blank Actual Cost Flexible Budget Cost Variance

Direct materials $$-$ Select $-$

$$-$ Select $-$

$$-$ Select $-$

Direct labor $-$ Select $-$

$-$ Select $-$

$-$ Select $-$

Supplies $-$ Select $-$

$-$ Select $-$

$-$ Select $-$

Maintenance $-$ Select $-$

$-$ Select $-$

$-$ Select $-$

Power $-$ Select $-$

$-$ Select $-$

$-$ Select $-$

Supervision $-$ Select $-$

$-$ Select $-$

$-$ Select $-$

Depreciation $-$ Select $-$

$-$ Select $-$

$-$ Select $-$

Other overhead $-$ Select $-$

$-$ Select $-$

$-$ Select $-$

Total cost $$-$ Select $-$

$$-$ Select $-$

$$-$ Select $-$

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$2.$ What if Nashler Company's actual direct materials cost were $$1,224,000?$ How would that affect the variance for direct materials? If an amount is zero, enter $"0".$

The materials variance would be $fill in the blank $5$eadd$1018$fb$9$ffa$\_1$

$.$

The total cost variance would

by $fill in the blank $5$eadd$1018$fb$9$ffa$\_3$

$.$