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Chubbs Inc.'s manufacturing
Actual variable costs were indirect materials $13,500. indirect labor $9,500, utilities $8,700, and maintenance $5,000. Actual fixed costs equaled budgeted costs except for property taxes and insurance, which were $8,300. The actual activity level equaled the budgeted level.
All costs are considered controllable by the production department manager except for
Instructions
(a) Prepare a manufacturing overhead flexible budget report for the first quarter.
(b) Prepare a responsibility report for the first quarter.
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