The Mixing Department manager of Crede Company is able to control all overhead costs except rent, property taxes, and salaries. Budgeted monthly overhead costs for the Mixing Department, in alphabetical order, are:
|
Indirect labor |
$12,000 |
Property taxes |
$ 1,000 |
|
Indirect materials |
7,500 |
Rent |
1,800 |
|
Lubricants |
1,700 |
Salaries |
10,000 |
|
Maintenance |
3,500 |
Utilities |
5,000 |
Actual costs incurred for January 2010 are indirect labor $12,200; indirect materials $10,200; lubricants $1,650; maintenance $3,500; property taxes $1,100; rent $1,800; salaries $10,000; and utilities $6,500.
Instructions
(a) Prepare a responsibility report for January 2010.
(b) What would be the likely result of management’s analysis of the report?