Home Town Furnitures incurred losses for the past two quarters. In an immediate rescue measure, the CEO of the company issued instructions to every department to cut costs. Accordingly, the packaging and delivery department for the company was required to cut costs by 15%. The traditional functional budget for the packaging and delivery department was as follows: 

Therefore, the packaging and delivery department needed to find $65,003 to cut. Isabella Clarke, recent MBA graduate, was asked to prepare a budget for the department paring $65,003. As a first step, she decided to recast the traditional budget into an activity-based budget as follows: 

1. What action might Isabella suggest to attain a $65,003 budget cut? Why would these be the best actions to pursue? 

2. Which budget helped you most in answering question 1? Explain.

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Salaries, four employees at $42,000 Benefits at 10% Depreciation under straight line basis Supplies Overhead at 35% of above costs Total $168,000 33,600 76,000 43,400 112,350 $433,350