rLink Company is a newly formed company specializing in high-speed Internet service for home and business. The owner, Lenny Kirkland, 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. Lenny 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 quarter of 2017.     Budgeted   Actual Service revenue   $24,800   $25,000 Allocated portion of:              Building depreciation   10,300   10,300      Advertising   4,700   4,200      Billing   3,200   3,200      Property taxes   1,100   1,200 Material and supplies   1,400   1,300 Supervisory salaries   9,400   9,400 Insurance   4,300   3,200 Wages   2,900   3,400 Gas and oil   3,100   3,700 Equipment depreciation   1,500   1,500 Prepare a responsibility report for the first quarter of 2017 for the Home Internet Service segment.

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UrLink Company is a newly formed company specializing in high-speed Internet service for home and business. The owner, Lenny Kirkland, 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.

Lenny 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 quarter of 2017.

   
Budgeted
 
Actual
Service revenue   $24,800   $25,000
Allocated portion of:        
     Building depreciation   10,300   10,300
     Advertising   4,700   4,200
     Billing   3,200   3,200
     Property taxes   1,100   1,200
Material and supplies   1,400   1,300
Supervisory salaries   9,400   9,400
Insurance   4,300   3,200
Wages   2,900   3,400
Gas and oil   3,100   3,700
Equipment depreciation   1,500   1,500

Prepare a responsibility report for the first quarter of 2017 for the Home Internet Service segment.

URLINK COMPANY
Home Internet Services Segment
Responsibility Report
For the Quarter Ended March 31, 2017
           
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