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Tasman Products, Limited, of Australia has a Maintenance Department that services the equipment in the companys Forming Department and Assembly Department. The cost of this servicing is charged to the operating departments on the basis of machine-hours. Cost and other data relating to the Maintenance Department and to the other two departments for the most recent year are presented below.
Data for the Maintenance Department follow:
Budget
Actual
Variable costs for lubricants
$ 310,800*
$ 398,040
Fixed costs for salaries and other
$ 214,000
$ 230,400
*Budgeted at $21 per machine-hour.
Data for the Forming and Assembly Departments follow:
Percentage of Peak-Period Capacity Required
Machine-Hours
Budget
Actual
Forming Department
66%
9,700
11,700
Assembly Department
34%
5,100
4,100
Total
100%
14,800
15,800
The level of fixed costs in the Maintenance Department is determined by peak-period requirements.
Required:
1. How much Maintenance Department cost should be charged to the Forming Department and to the Assembly Department?
2. How much, if any, of the actual Maintenance Department costs for the year should be treated as a spending variance and not charged to the Forming and Assembly departments?
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