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Durham Company uses a responsibility reporting system. It has divisions in Denver, Seattle, and San Diego. Each division has three production departments: Cutting, Shaping, and Finishing. The responsibility for each department rests with a manager who reports to the division production manager. Each division manager reports to the vice president of production. There are also vice presidents for marketing and finance. All vice presidents report to the president. In January 2014, controllable actual and budget manufacturing overhead cost data for the departments and divisions were as shown below.
Manufacturing Overhead
Actual
Budget
Individual costsCutting DepartmentSeattle
Indirect labor
$73,250
$69,590
Indirect materials
48,080
45,950
Maintenance
20,610
17,660
Utilities
20,030
16,690
Supervision
22,140
19,910
$184,110
$169,800
Total costs
Shaping DepartmentSeattle
$157,760
$148,960
Finishing DepartmentSeattle
210,890
203,680
Denver division
677,650
672,710
San Diego division
721,840
714,630
Additional overhead costs were incurred as follows: Seattle division production manageractual costs $52,880, budget $50,960; vice president of productionactual costs $65,480, budget $64,360; presidentactual costs $76,540, budget $74,310. These expenses are not allocated. The vice presidents who report to the president, other than the vice president of production, had the following expenses.
Vice President
Actual
Budget
Marketing
$133,570
$129,830
Finance
108,960
104,500
Prepare Manufacturing overheadCutting Department managerSeattle division responsibility report