20 Managerial Accounting for Managers, 4th Edition
Exercise 10–15 (45 minutes)
1. The planning budget appears below. Note that the report does not
include revenue or net operating income because the production
department is a cost center that does not have any revenue.
Packaging Solutions Corporation
Production Department Planning Budget
For the Month Ended March 31
Budgeted labor-hours (q) ………………………..
Direct labor ($15.80q) …………………………….
Indirect labor ($8,200 + $1.60q) ……………….
Utilities ($6,400 + $0.80q) ……………………….
Supplies ($1,100 + $0.40q) ……………………..
Equipment depreciation ($23,000 + $3.70q) ..
Factory rent ($8,400) ……………………………..
Property taxes ($2,100) …………………………..
Factory administration ($11,700 + $1.90q) ….
Total expense ……………………………………….
2. The flexible budget appears below. Like the planning budget, this report
does not include revenue or net operating income because the
production department is a cost center that does not have any revenue.
Packaging Solutions Corporation
Production Department Flexible Budget
For the Month Ended March 31
Actual labor-hours (q) …………………………….
Direct labor ($15.80q) …………………………….
Indirect labor ($8,200 + $1.60q) ……………….
Utilities ($6,400 + $0.80q) ……………………….
Supplies ($1,100 + $0.40q) ……………………..
Equipment depreciation ($23,000 + $3.70q) ..
Factory rent ($8,400) ……………………………..
Property taxes ($2,100) …………………………..
Factory administration ($11,700 + $1.90q) ….
Total expense ……………………………………….