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Tasman Products, Limited, of Australia has a Maintenance Department that services the equipment in the company's 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: Variable costs for lubricants Fixed costs for salaries and other *Budgeted at $24 per machine-hour. Data for the Forming and Assembly Departments follow: Forming Department Assembly Department Total Budget $ 381,600* $ 210,000 Percentage of Peak- Period Capacity Required 60% 40% 100% Machine-Hours Budget 10,500 5,400 15,900 Actual $ 490,080 $ 226,000 Actual 12,500 4,400 16,900 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? Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required 1 Required 2 How much Maintenance Department cost should be charged to the Forming Department and to the Assembly Department? Assembly Department Total cost charged Forming Department < Required 1 Required 2 >
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? Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required 1 Required 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? Spending variance Required 1 Required 2 >