Horngren's Cost Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis (16th Edition)
Horngren's Cost Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis (16th Edition)
16th Edition
ISBN: 9780134475585
Author: Srikant M. Datar, Madhav V. Rajan
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 5, Problem 5.32P

Job costing with multiple direct-cost categories, single indirect-cost pool, law firm (continuation of 5-31). Peyton asks her assistant to collect details on those costs included in the $500,000 indirect-cost pool that can be traced to each individual job. After analysis, Wharton is able to reclassify $300,000 of the $500,000 as direct costs:

Other Direct Costs Steger Enterprises Bluestone Inc.
Research support labor $36,000 $ 77,000
Computer time 8,000 32,000
Travel and allowances 14,000 84,000
Telephones/faxes 5,000 24,000
Photocopying 6,000 14,000
Total $69,000 $231,000

Peyton decides to calculate the costs of each job as if Wharton had used six direct-cost pools and a single indirect-cost pool. The single indirect-cost pool would have $200,000 of costs and would be allocated to each case using the professional labor-hours base.

  1. 1. Calculate the revised indirect-cost allocation rate per professional labor-hour for Wharton Associates when total indirect costs are $200,000.

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  1. 2. Compute the costs of the Steger Enterprises and Bluestone Inc. jobs if Wharton Associates had used its refined costing system with multiple direct-cost categories and one indirect-cost pool.
  2. 3. Compare the costs of Steger Enterprises and Bluestone Inc. jobs in requirement 2 with those in requirement 2 of Problem 5-31. Comment on the results
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Chapter 5 Solutions

Horngren's Cost Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis (16th Edition)

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