Tasman Products, Limited, of Australia has a Maintenance Department that services the equipment in the companys Forming Department and Assembly Department. The cost of this servicing is charged to the operating departments on the basis of machine-hours. Cost and other data relating to the Maintenance Department and to the other two departments for the most recent year are presented below.

Data for the Maintenance Department follow:

	Budget	Actual
Variable costs for lubricants	$ 266,400*Footnote asterisk	$ 340,320
Fixed costs for salaries and other	$ 218,000	$ 234,800

*Footnote asteriskBudgeted at $18 per machine-hour.

Data for the Forming and Assembly Departments follow:

	Percentage of Peak-Period Capacity Required	Machine-Hours
		Budget	Actual
Forming Department	68%	9,900	11,900
Assembly Department	32%	4,900	3,900
Total	100%	14,800	15,800

The level of fixed costs in the Maintenance Department is determined by peak-period requirements.

Required:

1. How much Maintenance Department cost should be charged to the Forming Department and to the Assembly Department?

2. How much, if any, of the actual Maintenance Department costs for the year should be treated as a spending variance and not charged to the Forming and Assembly departments?

Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. How much Maintenance Department cost should be charged to the Forming Department and to the Assembly Department? Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. How much, if any, of the actual Maintenance Department costs for the year should be treated as a spending variance and not charged to the Forming and Assembly departments