Preble Company manufactures one product. Its variable manufacturing overhead is applied to production based on direct labor-hours
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Preble Company manufactures one product. Its variable manufacturing overhead is applied to production based on direct labor-hours and its standard cost card per unit is as follows:
Direct material: 5 pounds at $8.00 per pound | $ 40.00 |
Direct labor: 3 hours at $15 per hour | 45.00 |
Variable overhead: 3 hours at $9 per hour | 27.00 |
Total standard variable cost per unit | $ 112.00 |
The company also established the following cost formulas for its selling expenses:
Fixed Cost per Month | Variable Cost per Unit Sold | |
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Advertising | $ 350,000 | |
Sales salaries and commissions | $ 400,000 | $ 27.00 |
Shipping expenses | $ 18.00 |
The planning budget for March was based on producing and selling 21,000 units. However, during March the company actually produced and sold 26,000 units and incurred the following costs:
- Purchased 160,000 pounds of raw materials at a cost of $6.50 per pound. All of this material was used in production.
- Direct-laborers worked 70,000 hours at a rate of $16.00 per hour.
- Total variable manufacturing overhead for the month was $655,200.
- Total advertising, sales salaries and commissions, and shipping expenses were $358,000, $530,000, and $265,000, respectively.
12. What amounts of advertising, sales salaries and commissions, and shipping expenses would be included in the company's flexible budget for March?
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14. What is the spending variance related to sales salaries and commissions?(The indicated is "F" for favorable)
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