Brong Corporation is a shipping container refurbishment company that measures its output by the number of containers refurbished. The company has provided the following fixed and variable cost estimates that it uses for budgeting purposes and the actual results of operations for March. Fixed Element per Month Variable Element per Container Refurbished Actual Total for March Revenue $ 5,900 $ 108,300 Employee salaries and wages $ 49,500 $ 900 $ 66,000 Refurbishing materials $ 500 $ 9,500 Other expenses $ 40,300 $ 39,800 When the company prepared its planning budget at the beginning of March, it assumed that 22 containers would have been refurbished. However, 18 containers were actually refurbished during March. 8. The spending variance for total expenses for March would have been closest to:

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Answer:

the  spending variance is $300 unfavorable

Explanation:

The computation of the spending variance is as follows

Total actual expenses is

= $66,000 + $9,500  + $39,800

= $115,300  

And, Expenses in flexible budget is

= ($49,500 + $40,300) + 18 × (900 + 500)

= $115,000

Now Spending variance is

= $115,300 - $115,000

= $300 U

hence, the  spending variance is $300 unfavorable