UrLink Solutions is a newly formed company specializing in high-speed Internet service for home and business. The owner, Juan Diaz, had divided the company into two segments: Home Internet Service and Business Internet Service. Each segment is run by its own supervisor, while basic selling and administrative services are shared by both segments. 

Juan has asked you to help him create a performance reporting system that will allow him to measure each segment’s performance in terms of its profitability. To that end, the following information has been collected on the Home Internet Service segment for the first month of 2020.

Instructions

a. Prepare a responsibility report for the first month of 2020 for the Home Internet Service segment.

b. Write a memo to Juan Diaz discussing the principles that should be used when preparing performance reports.

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Budget Actual Service revenue R$25,000 R$26,200 Allocated portion of: Building depreciation Advertising Billing Property taxes Material and supplies Supervisory salaries 11,000 5,000 11,000 4,200 3,500 3,000 1,200 1,000 1,600 1,200 9,500 9,000 4,000 Insurance 3,900 3,000 Wages Gas and oil 3,250 2,800 3,400 Equipment depreciation 1,500 1,300