Static Budget versus Flexible Budget

The production supervisor of the Machining Department for Hagerstown Company agreed to the following monthly static budget for the upcoming year:

Hagerstown Company Machining Department Monthly Production Budget
Wages	$214,000
Utilities	13,000
Depreciation	21,000
Total	$248,000

The actual amount spent and the actual units produced in the first three months in the Machining Department were as follows:

	Amount Spent		Units Produced
May	$233,000		49,000
June	220,000		44,000
July	212,000		40,000

The Machining Department supervisor has been very pleased with this performance because actual expenditures for MayJuly have been significantly less than the monthly static budget of 248,000. However, the plant manager believes that the budget should not remain fixed for every month but should flex or adjust to the volume of work that is produced in the Machining Department. Additional budget information for the Machining Department is as follows:

Wages per hour	$20.00
Utility cost per direct labor hour	$1.20
Direct labor hours per unit	0.20
Planned monthly unit production	53,000

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a. Prepare a flexible budget for the actual units produced for May, June, and July in the Machining Department. Assume depreciation is a fixed cost. If required, use per unit amounts carried out to two decimal places.

Hagerstown Company Machining Department Budget For the Three Months Ending July 31

	May	June	July
Units of production	49,000	44,000	40,000
AdvertisingRentResearch and developmentSuppliesWages	$- Select -	$- Select -	$- Select -
AdvertisingRentResearch and developmentSuppliesUtilities	- Select -	- Select -	- Select -
AdvertisingDepreciationRentResearch and developmentSupplies	- Select -	- Select -	- Select -
Total	$fill in the blank 7d4150fd0fd1f80_13	$fill in the blank 7d4150fd0fd1f80_14	$fill in the blank 7d4150fd0fd1f80_15
Supporting calculations:
Units of production	49,000	44,000	40,000
Hours per unit	x fill in the blank 7d4150fd0fd1f80_16	x fill in the blank 7d4150fd0fd1f80_17	x fill in the blank 7d4150fd0fd1f80_18
Total hours of production	fill in the blank 7d4150fd0fd1f80_19	fill in the blank 7d4150fd0fd1f80_20	fill in the blank 7d4150fd0fd1f80_21
Wages per hour	x $fill in the blank 7d4150fd0fd1f80_22	x $fill in the blank 7d4150fd0fd1f80_23	x $fill in the blank 7d4150fd0fd1f80_24
Total wages	$fill in the blank 7d4150fd0fd1f80_25	$fill in the blank 7d4150fd0fd1f80_26	$fill in the blank 7d4150fd0fd1f80_27
Total hours of production	fill in the blank 7d4150fd0fd1f80_28	fill in the blank 7d4150fd0fd1f80_29	fill in the blank 7d4150fd0fd1f80_30
Utility costs per hour	x $fill in the blank 7d4150fd0fd1f80_31	x $fill in the blank 7d4150fd0fd1f80_32	x $fill in the blank 7d4150fd0fd1f80_33
Total utilities	$fill in the blank 7d4150fd0fd1f80_34	$fill in the blank 7d4150fd0fd1f80_35	$fill in the blank 7d4150fd0fd1f80_36

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b. Compare the flexible budget with the actual expenditures for the first three months.

	May	June	July
Total flexible budget	$fill in the blank 33ce9a0bc07a067_1	$fill in the blank 33ce9a0bc07a067_2	$fill in the blank 33ce9a0bc07a067_3
Actual cost	fill in the blank 33ce9a0bc07a067_4	fill in the blank 33ce9a0bc07a067_5	fill in the blank 33ce9a0bc07a067_6
Excess of actual cost over budget	$fill in the blank 33ce9a0bc07a067_7	$fill in the blank 33ce9a0bc07a067_8	$fill in the blank 33ce9a0bc07a067_9

What does this comparison suggest?

The Machining Department has performed better than originally thought.	YesNo
The department is spending more than would be expected.	YesNo