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Exercise 10-3 (Video) Myers Company uses a flexible budget for manufacturing overhead based on direct labor hours. Variable manufacturing overhead costs per direct labor hour are as follows: Indirect labor $1.00 Indirect materials 0.50 Utilities 0.30 Fixed overhead costs per month are Supervision $4,200, Depreciation $1,800, and Property Taxes $600. The company believes it will normally operate in a range of 5,900–11,900 direct labor hours per month. Prepare a monthly manufacturing overhead flexible budget for 2020 for the expected range of activity, using increments of 2,000 direct labor hours. (List variable costs before fixed costs.) MYERS COMPANY Monthly Manufacturing Overhead Flexible Budget For the Year 2020

Answer 1

Direct labor hour	5,900	7,900	9,900	11,900
Variable cost :
Indirect labor (1.00)	$5,900	$7,900	$9,900	$11,900
Indirect material (0.5)	$2,950	$3,950	$4,950	$5,950
Utilities (0.3)	$1,770	$2,370	$2,970	$3,570
Total variable cost ($1.8)	$10,620	$14,220	$17,820	$21,420
Fixed cost:
Supervision	$4,200	$4,200	$4,200	$4,200
Depreciation	$1,800	$1,800	$1,800	$1,800
Property tax	$600	$600	$600	$600
Total fixed cost	$6,600	$6,600	$6,600	$6,600
Total cost	$17,220	$20,820	$24,420	$28,020