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Packaging Solutions Corporation manufactures and sells a widevariety of packaging products. Performance reports are preparedmonthly for each department. The planning budget and flexiblebudget for the Production Department are based on the followingformulas, where q is the number of labor-hours worked in amonth:

Cost Formulas
Direct labor$16.30q
Indirect labor$4,100 + $1.80q
Utilities$5,100 + $0.90q
Supplies$1,700 + $0.40q
Equipment depreciation$18,100 + $2.60q
Factory rent$8,300
Property taxes$2,400
Factory administration$13,200 + $0.70q

The Production Department planned to work 4,300 labor-hours inMarch; however, it actually worked 4,100 labor-hours during themonth. Its actual costs incurred in March are listed below:

Actual Cost Incurred in March
Direct labor$68,410
Indirect labor$11,020
Utilities$9,360
Supplies$3,630
Equipment depreciation$28,760
Factory rent$8,700
Property taxes$2,400
Factory administration$15,440

Required:

1. Prepare the Production Department’s planning budget for themonth.

2. Prepare the Production Department’s flexible budget for themonth.

3. Prepare the Production Department’s flexible budgetperformance report for March, including both the spending andactivity variances.

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planning Budget
fixed variable
Direct labor 16.3 70090
indirect labor 4,100 1.8 11840
utilities 5,100 0.9 8970
supplies 1,700 0.4 3420
Equipment depreciation 18,100 2.6 29280
Factory rent 8,300 8,300
property taxes 2,400 2,400
factory administration 13,200 0.7 16210
total expense 52,900 22.7 150510
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2) labor hours 4,100
Flexible budget
fixed variable
Direct labor 16.3 66830
indirect labor 4,100 1.8 11480
utilities 5,100 0.9 8790
supplies 1,700 0.4 3340
Equipment depreciation 18,100 2.6 28760
Factory rent 8,300 8,300
property taxes 2,400 2,400
factory administration 13,200 0.7 16070
total expense 52,900 22.7 145970
3) Spending variance
Actual spending variance Flexible Activity variance Planned
result budget budget
labor hours 4,100 4,100 4,300
Direct labor 68,410 1,580 U 66830 3260 F 70090
indirect labor 11,020 460 F 11480 360 F 11840
utilities 9,360 570 U 8790 180 F 8970
supplies 3,630 290 U 3340 80 F 3420
Equipment depreciation 28,760 0 N 28760 520 F 29280
Factory rent 8,700 400 U 8,300 0 N 8,300
property taxes 2,400 0 N 2,400 0 N 2,400
factory administration 15,440 630 F 16070 140 F 16210
total expense 147,720 1,750 U 145970 4540 N 150510

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