Gabritz, Incorporated Has a Maintenance Department That Provides Services to the Company's

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Essay

Gabritz, Incorporated has a maintenance department that provides services to the company's two operating departments. The variable costs of the maintenance department are charged on the basis of the number of maintenance hours logged in each department. Last year, budgeted variable maintenance costs were $7.50 per maintenance hour and actual variable maintenance costs were $7.80 per maintenance hour.The budgeted and actual maintenance hours for each operating department for last year appear below:
Required: a. Compute the amount of variable maintenance department cost that should have been charged to each operating department at the end of the year for performance evaluation purposes.b. Compute the amount of actual variable maintenance department cost that should NOT have been charged to the operating departments at the end of the year for performance evaluation purposes.

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Definitions:

Profit

Profit is the financial gain that is achieved when the amount of revenue gained from a business activity exceeds the expenses, costs, and taxes involved in sustaining the activity.

Inverse Demand Function

A mathematical representation showing how the quantity demanded of a good or service changes as its price changes, holding everything else constant.

Unit Tax

A tax that is imposed on a product based on a fixed amount per unit, rather than a percentage of the price.

Output

The cumulative quantity of products or services generated by a business, sector, or economic system over a given timeframe.