e Audit Support​ Department). Audit support costs are allocated to individual jobs using actual professional​ labor-hours. Chirko & Partners employs 10 professionals to perform audit services. Budgeted and actual amounts for 2017 are as​ follows:

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Chirko ​& Partners, a​ Quebec-based public accounting​ partnership, specializes in audit services. Its​ job-costing system has a single​ direct-cost category​ (professional labor) and a single​ indirect-cost pool​ (audit support, which contains all costs of the Audit Support​ Department). Audit support costs are allocated to individual jobs using actual professional​ labor-hours.
Chirko & Partners employs 10 professionals to perform audit services. Budgeted and actual amounts for 2017 are as​ follows:
Budget for 2017    
Professional labor compensation
$975,000  
Audit support department costs
$675,000  
Professional labor-hours billed to clients
15,000
hours
 
Actual results for 2017
   
Audit support department costs
$775,000
 
Professional labor-hours billed to clients
15,500 hours
 
Actual professional labor cost rate
$54
per hour
 
1.
Compute the​ direct-cost rate and the​ indirect-cost rate per professional​ labor-hour for 2017 under​ (a) actual​ costing, (b) normal​ costing, and​ (c) the variation from normal costing that uses budgeted rates for direct costs.
2.
Which​ job-costing system would you recommend Chirko
​& Partners​ use? Explain.
3.
Chirko​'s
2017
audit of Pierre​ & Co. was budgeted to take 150 hours of professional labor time. The actual professional labor time spent on the audit was 160
hours. Compute the cost of the Pierre​ & Co. audit using​ (a) actual​ costing, (b) normal​ costing, and​ (c) the variation from normal costing that uses budgeted rates for direct costs. Explain any differences in the job cost.
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