Tropico Services is a landscaping firm located in Nadi. The following costs were incurred in the firm’s contract to beautify the local hotels: Direct material $4 800 Professional labour $13 000 The firm’s budget for the year included the following estimates: Budgeted overhead $900 000 Budgeted professional labour $600 000 F) Which method would you recommend for estimating client fees? Explain your answer.
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Tropico Services is a landscaping firm located in Nadi. The following costs were incurred in the firm’s contract to beautify the local hotels: Direct material $4 800 Professional labour $13 000 The firm’s budget for the year included the following estimates: Budgeted
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- Consider the budget information for Bert and Ernie Design firm: Professional labor $1,000,000 Administrative labor 200,000 Lease expense 50,000 Design equipment depreciation 25,000 Samples and books 10,000 Utilities 20,000 Professional hours 100,000 hours Number of rooms redone 2,000 rooms Bert and Ernie decide there are two cost pools, design support, which is assigned to jobs based on the number of rooms redone, and facilities costs, which is assigned to jobs based on the number of professional labor hours. The design support cost pool includes design equipment depreciation and samples and books. The lease expense and utilities are considered facilities costs. What is the budgeted rate per cost driver for design support?Pita Bread Ltd has two production departments, Assembly and Finishing, and two service departments, Stores and Maintenance. The company has budgeted the following costs for the forthcoming period. Assembly Finishing Stores Maintain Allocation Indirect Material 15,250 13,500 12,650 14,000 Allocation Indirect Labour 10,250 5,600 5,520 7,500 Overheads Depreciation of equipment 58,000 Plant insurance 88,000 Heat and light 75,000 Canteen costs 24,000 Rent 50,000 Supervision 80,000 The following information is also available: Assembly Finishing Stores Maintain Total Floor Area sm 10,000 10,000 2,500 2,500 Employees 40 20 10 10 Plant book value $100,000 $100,000 $40,000 $50,000 Depreciation per annum 30% 30% 20% 20% Machine Hours 60,000 40,000 - - Stores Requisition $200,000 $300,000…The Meyers CPA firm has the following overhead budget for the year: Overhead Indirect materials $ 350,000 Indirect labor 1,675,000 Depreciation—Building 303,000 Depreciation—Furniture 35,000 Utilities 310,000 Insurance 39,000 Property taxes 53,000 Other expenses 145,000 Total $ 2,910,000 The firm estimates total direct labor cost for the year to be $1,818,750. The firm uses direct labor cost as the cost driver to apply overhead to clients. During January, the firm worked for many clients; data for two of them follow: Gargus account Direct labor $ 3,000 Feller account Direct labor $ 9,000 Required: 1. Compute the firm’s predetermined overhead rate. 2. Compute the amount of overhead to be charged to the Gargus and Feller accounts using the predetermined overhead rate calculated in requirement 1. 3. Compute total job cost for the Gargus account and the Feller account.
