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 g is the number of labor-hours worked in a month: Cost Formulas Direct labor $16.509 Indirect labor $4,500 + $1.709 Utilities $5,300 + $0.709 Supplies $1,500 + $0.30 Equipment depreciation $18,600 + $3.00 Factory rent $8,400 Property taxes $2,800 Factory administration $13,600 + $0.509 The Production Department planned to work 4,300 labor-ho month. Its actual costs incurred in March are listed below: in March; however, it actually worked 4,100 labor-hours during the Direct labor Indirect labor Utilities Supplies Equipment depreciation Factory rent Property taxes Factory administration Actual Cost Incurred in March $ 69,270 $ 10,990 $ 8,700 $ 3,000 $ 30,900 $ 8,800 $ 2,800 $ 14,980 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. 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 $ 0 Required Required 2 > 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 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 $ 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 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 Results Budget 4,100 $ 69,270 10,990 Planning Budget Labor-hours Direct labor Indirect labor Utilities 8,700 3,000 30,900 8,800 Supplies Equipment depreciation Factory rent Property taxes Factory administration Total expense 2,800 14,980 149,440 $
