Q. 19-10SE

Question

Haworth Company is a management consulting firm. The company expects to incur \(167,500 of indirect costs this year. Indirect costs are allocated based on the following activities:

 

Activity

Estimated cost

Allocation Base

Estimated quantity of allocation base

Predetermined

Overhead allocation rate

Site visits

\)     45,000

Number of visits

900 visits

\(     50 per visit

Documentation Preparation

        122,500

Number of pages

3,500 Pages

\)     35 per page

Total Indirect costs

\(      167,500

 

 

 

 

Haworth bills clients at 120% of the direct labor costs. The company has estimated direct labor costs at \)240 per hour. Last month, Haworth completed a consulting job for Client 76 and used the following resources:

 

                                       Allocation Base                   Client 76

                                       Direct labor hours                     60

                                       Visits                                            5

                                       Pages                                         50

 

Determine the total cost of the consulting job and the operating income earned.

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Answer

Consulting job cost: $16,275

Operating Income: $1,005

1Calculation of consulting job cost for client 76

Direct labor cost = direct labor cost per hour × no.of direct labor hour                                =$240×60                                =$14,400

visit cost =predetermined overhead allocation rate ×No.of visits                    =$50×5                    =$125

document preparation cost =predetermined overhead allocation rate ×No.of pages                                                    =$35×50                                                    =$1,750

total consulting  cost =direct labor cost +site visit cost + documentation cost                                          =$14,400+$125+$1,750                                          =$16,275

2Calculation of operating Income

service revenue = total labor cost × determined percent                               =$14,400×120100                               =$17,280

operating income = service revenue - consulting cost                                  =$17,280-$16,275                                  =$1,005