COVID 19, an accounting firm, provides consulting and tax planning services. For many years, the firms total administrative cost (currently $270,000) has been allocated to services on this basis of billable hours to clients. A recent analysis found that ss% of the firms billable hours to clients resulted from tax planning services, while 45% resulted from consulting services The firm, contemplating a change to activity-based costing, has identified three components of administrative cost, as follows Saff Support $200,000 n-house computing charges 50.000 Miscellaneous office costs 20.000 Total $279.000 A recent analysis of staff support found a strong correlation with the number of clients served In contrast, in-house computing and miscellaneous office cost varied directly with the number of computer hours logged and number of client transactions, respectively Consulting clients served totaled z0% of the total client base, consumed 30% of the firms computer hours and accounted for 35% of the total dient transactions if the firm switched from its current accounting method to an activity-based costing system, the amount of administrative cost chargeable to tax planning services would- Select one a. decrease by $59.500 b decrease by $32.500 c decrease by $s8.000 d. decrease by $86.500

Assume you are the department B manager for Marley's Manufacturing. Marley's operates under a cost-based transfer structure. Assume you receive the majority of your raw materials from department A, which sells only to department B (they have no outside sales). After calculating the operating income in dollars and operating income in percentage, analyze the following financial information to determine costs that may need further investigation. Marley's ManufacturingIncome StatementMonth Ending August 31, 2018   Dept. A Dept. B Sales $23,000   $50,000   Cost of goods sold 11,270   25,500   Gross profit $11,730   $24,500   Expenses:         Utility expenses $1,380   $3,000   Wages expense 5,520   10,000   Costs allocated from corporate 2,070   14,000   Total expenses $8,970   $27,000   Operating income/(loss) in dollars $fill in the blank 1   $fill in the blank 2   Operating income/(loss) in percentage fill in the blank 3 % fill in the blank 4 %

Mackenzie Mining has two operating divisions, Northern and Southern, that share the common costs of the company's human resources (HR) department. The annual costs of the HR department total $14,000,000 a year. You have the following selected information about the two divisions: Northern Southern Required: a. What is the HR cost that is charged to each division if the number of employees is used as the allocation basis? b. What is the HR cost that is charged to each division if the wage and salary expense total is used as the allocation basis? Required A Number of Wage and Salary Expense ($000) $ 173,600 106,400 Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Employees 2,310 1,890 Division Northern Southern What is the HR cost that is charged to each division if the number of employees is used as the allocation basis? Note: Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answers in dollars, not in millions or thousands. Required B HR Cost Required A Required B >…

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Smithson Electric provides residential and business electric... [The following information applies to the questions displayed below.] Smithson Electric provides residential and business electric repair services. While direct labor and materials costs are traced to individual customers, administrative labor and transportation costs are considered overhead and applied as a percentage of direct labor costs. At the beginning of the year, Smithson estimates $10,000 of overhead costs and $50,000 of direct labor costs. Actual costs for the year are $12,000 for overhead and $48,000 for direct labor. Ending balances for WIP Inventory, Finished Goods Inventory, and Cost of Goods Sold are $4,000, $15,000, and $141,000 respectively. PR 4-5 (Static) Questions a-c. Answer the following questions based on the details provided. Question a. What is Smithson's predetermined overhead rate as a percentage of direct labor? Note: Round your answer to the nearest percent. b. The Jackson account accumulated…

Woodstock Binding has two service departments, IT (Information Technology) and HR (Human Resources), and two operating departments, Publishing and Binding. Management has decided to allocate IT costs on the basis of IT Tickets (issued with each IT request) in each department and HR costs on the basis of employees in each department. The following data appear in the company records for the current period: IT tickets Employees Department direct costs. IT HR 0 16 1,525 0 Publishing 2,440 24 $ 152,000 $ 247,950 $ 431,000 Binding 2,135 40 $ 392,500 Woodstock Binding estimates that the variable costs in the IT Department total $112,500, and in the HR Department variable costs to $142,500. Avoidable fixed costs in the IT Department are $18,250. Required: If Woodstock Binding outsources the IT Department functions, what is the maximum it can pay an outside vendor without increasing total costs? Note: Do not round intermediate calculations. × Answer is complete but not entirely correct. Maximum…

The Write Way manufactures double sided pens- a pen on one side, a highlighteron the other. As the accounting manager, Shade is responsible for presenting three different versions of the company's income statement to the rest of the management team at year-end. Team members are very familiar with absorbtion costing, as they have been evaluating gross margin amounts and percentages for years. They are lesss keen on how fixed-MOH impacts the income statment, so Shade gathers the following current information. The information includes three possible capacity levels for calculating the fixed-MOH rate. Shade also notes there are no price or efficiency variances this period. Any fixed-MOH volume variase is written off to COGS.Theoretical level - 80,000 units Practical level - 60,000 units Normal level - 50,000 units Actual production - 65,000 units Sales Volume - 60,000 units Budgeted fixed-MOH cost - $240,000 Budgeted DM cost -  $2.25 per unit Budgeted DL cost -$1.30 per unit Budgeted…

Middleton Associates is a consulting firm that specializes in information systems for construction and landscaping companies. The firm has two offices-one in Toronto and one in Vancouver. The firm classifies the direct costs of consulting jobs as variable costs. A segmented contribution format income statement for the company's most recent year is given below: Office Sales Variable expenses Contribution margin Traceable fixed expenses Office segment margin Common fixed expenses not traceable to offices Operating income Increase in operating income $ Total Company $900,000 100.0% 414,000 46.00 486,000 54.00 187,200 20.80 298,800 33.20 Required: 1. By how much would the company's operating income increase if Vancouver increased its sales by $87,000 per year? Assume no change in cost behaviour patterns. 43,500 117,000 13.00 $181,800 20.20% Toronto Vancouver $120,000 100% $780,000 100% 390,000 50 24,000 20 96,000 80 390,000 50 140,400 18 46,800 39 $ 49,200 41% $249,600 32% 2-a. Refer to…

Woodstock Binding has two service departments, IT (Information Technology) and HR (Human Resources), and two operating departments, Publishing and Binding. Management has decided to allocate IT costs on the basis of IT Tickets (issued with each IT request) in each department and HR costs on the basis of employees in each department. The following data appear in the company records for the current period: IT tickets Employees Department direct costs From: Service department costs HR Total $ IT 0 20 $ 156,800 Required: Allocate the service department costs using the reciprocal method. (Matrix algebra is not required because there are only two service departments.) Note: Amounts to be deducted should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculations. IT HR 1,585 0 $ 249,030 0 $ Publishing 2,536 30 $ 433,400 Cost Allocation To: HR 0 Publishing LA Binding 2,219 50 $ 398,500 0 $ Binding 0

Raner, Harris & Chan is a consulting firm that specializes in information systems for medical and dental clinics. The firm has two offices—one in Chicago and one in Minneapolis. The firm classifies the direct costs of consulting jobs as variable costs. A contribution format segmented incomestatement for the company’s most recent year is given: Required:1. Compute the companywide break-even point in dollar sales. Also, compute the break-even point for the Chicago office and for the Minneapolis office. Is the companywide break-even point greater than, less than, or equal to the sum of the Chicago and Minneapolis break-evenpoints? Why?2. By how much would the company’s net operating income increase if Minneapolis increased its sales by $75,000 per year? Assume no change in cost behavior patterns.3. Refer to the original data. Assume that sales in Chicago increase by $50,000 next year and that sales in Minneapolis remain unchanged. Assume no change in fixed costs.a. Prepare a new…