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The drop down menu titles: Controllable margin, service revenue, contribution ma

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The drop down menu titles: Controllable margin, service revenue, contribution margin, novocaine, supplies, total controllable fixed costs, total variable cost, utilities, dental assistant wages, filling materials, dentist salary, and equipment depreciation.

Dental Clinic provides both preventive and orthodontic dental services. The two owners, Chris Thao and Kim Long, operate the clinic as two separate investment centers: Preventive Services and Orthodontic Services. Each of them is in charge of one of the centers: Chris for Preventive Services and Kim for Orthodontic Services. Each month they prepare an income statement on the two centers to evaluate performance and make decisions about how to improve the operational efficiency and profitability of the clinic.

Recently, they have been concerned about the profitability of the Preventive Services operations. For several months, it has been reporting a loss. Shown below is the responsibility report for the month of May 2012.



Actual
Difference
from
Budget Service revenue
$39,400
$1,130 F Variable costs:





Filling materials
5,030

140 U Novocain
4,100

160 U Supplies
1,920

240 F Dental assistant wages
2,470

Explanation / Answer

Service revenue

$39,400    40530

$1,130

F

Variable costs:

Filling materials

5,030          5730

140

U

Novocain

4,100         4260

160

U

Supplies

1,920         1680

240

F

Dental assistant wages

2,470

–0–

Utilities

490           540

40

U

Total variable costs

14,010       15110

100

U

Fixed costs:

Allocated portion of receptionist’s salary

3,010          3290

280

U

Dentist salary

10,930        115 1 0

580

U

Equipment depreciation

6,130

–0–

Allocated portion of building depreciation

15,030       16240

1,210

U

Total fixed costs

35,100

2,070

U

Operating income (loss)

$(9,710           107 50

)

$1,040

U

Service revenue

$39,400    40530

$1,130

F

Variable costs:

Filling materials

5,030          5730

140

U

Novocain

4,100         4260

160

U

Supplies

1,920         1680

240

F

Dental assistant wages

2,470

–0–

Utilities

490           540

40

U

Total variable costs

14,010       15110

100

U

Fixed costs:

Allocated portion of receptionist’s salary

3,010          3290

280

U

Dentist salary

10,930        115 1 0

580

U

Equipment depreciation

6,130

–0–

Allocated portion of building depreciation

15,030       16240

1,210

U

Total fixed costs

35,100

2,070

U

Operating income (loss)

$(9,710           107 50

)

$1,040

U

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