You have just been hired by FAB Corporation, the manufacturer of a revolutionary new garage door opening device. The president has asked that you review the companys costing system and do what you can to help us get better control of our manufacturing overhead costs. You find that the company has never used a flexible budget, and you suggest that preparing such a budget would be an excellent first step in overhead planning and control.

After much effort and analysis, you determined the following cost formulas and gathered the following actual cost data for March:

Cost Formula Actual Cost in March Utilities $16,400 plus $0.21 per machine-hour $ 22,190

Maintenance $38,900 plus $1.20 per machine-hour $ 55,500 Supplies $0.40 per machine-hour

$ 7,400 Indirect labor $94,800 plus $1.40 per machine-hour $ 122,300

Depreciation $68,300 $ 70,000

During March, the company worked 17,000 machine-hours and produced 11,000 units. The company had originally planned to work 19,000 machine-hours during March.

Required: 1. Prepare a flexible budget for March. (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.)

2. Prepare a report showing the spending variances for March. (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.)