Elite Lawn & Plowing (EL&P) is a lawn and snow plowing service with both residential and commercial clients. The owner believes that the commercial sector has more growth opportunities and is considering dropping the residential service. Twenty employees worked a total of 36,000 hours last year, 24,000 on residential jobs and 12,000 on commercial jobs. Wages were $14 per hour for all work done. Any materials used are included in overhead as supplies. All overhead is allocated on the basis of labor-hours worked, which is also the basis for customer charges. Because of increased competition for commercial accounts, EL&P can charge $37 per hour for residential work, but only $29 per hour for commercial work.   Required: If overhead for the year was $132,620, what were the profits of the residential and commercial services using labor-hours as the allocation base? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round final answers to the nearest whole dollar.) Overhead consists of costs of traveling to the site, using equipment (including vehicle rental), and suing supplies, which can be traced as follows.                                                                                                                                         Cost Driver Volume Activity                                    Cost Driver                        Cost                  Commercial      Residential Traveling                        Number of clients served          $  18,200                          15                    50 Using equipment          Equipment hours                             40,320                     3,900               2,400 Using supplies               Area serviced in square yards       74,100                 130,000             60,000 Total overhead                                                                      $132,620   Recalculate profits for commercial and residential services based on these activity bases. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round final answers to the nearest whole dollar.)                                                                   Commercial                     Residential Revenue __________                    _________ Direct Labor                      __________                   __________ Overhead                          __________                   ___________ Profit                                 ___________                  ___________ Total Overhead ___________                  ___________ Profit                                ___________                   ___________

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Elite Lawn & Plowing (EL&P) is a lawn and snow plowing service with both residential and commercial clients. The owner believes that the commercial sector has more growth opportunities and is considering dropping the residential service.

Twenty employees worked a total of 36,000 hours last year, 24,000 on residential jobs and 12,000 on commercial jobs. Wages were $14 per hour for all work done. Any materials used are included in overhead as supplies. All overhead is allocated on the basis of labor-hours worked, which is also the basis for customer charges. Because of increased competition for commercial accounts, EL&P can charge $37 per hour for residential work, but only $29 per hour for commercial work.

 

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  1. If overhead for the year was $132,620, what were the profits of the residential and commercial services using labor-hours as the allocation base? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round final answers to the nearest whole dollar.)
  2. Overhead consists of costs of traveling to the site, using equipment (including vehicle rental), and suing supplies, which can be traced as follows.

 

                                                                                                                                      Cost Driver Volume

Activity                                    Cost Driver                        Cost                  Commercial      Residential

Traveling                        Number of clients served          $  18,200                          15                    50

Using equipment          Equipment hours                             40,320                     3,900               2,400

Using supplies               Area serviced in square yards       74,100                 130,000             60,000

Total overhead                                                                      $132,620

 

Recalculate profits for commercial and residential services based on these activity bases. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round final answers to the nearest whole dollar.)

 

                                                                Commercial                     Residential

  1. Revenue __________                    _________

Direct Labor                      __________                   __________

Overhead                          __________                   ___________

Profit                                 ___________                  ___________

  1. Total Overhead ___________                  ___________

Profit                                ___________                   ___________

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