Jace and Associates provides professional consulting services to a variety of clientele in an effort to help them improve the operatingeffectiveness and profitability of their businesses. At the start of the year, budgeted MOH costs were $250,000; budgeted direct laborhours, its allocation base, were 100,000. The company is considering doing work for a new client that is estimated to take around 45hours.How much should Jace bid on this job if the company incurs a direct labor rate of $30/hour and charges a 60% mark-up above jobcosts? (Round answer to 2 decimal places, e.g. 5,275.25.)Bid price$

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Jace and Associates provides professional consulting services to a variety of clientele in an effort to help them improve the operating effectiveness and profitability of their businesses. At the start of the year, budgeted MOH costs were $250,000; budgeted direct labo hours, its allocation base, were 100,000. The company is considering doing work for a new client that is estimated to take around 45 hours. How much should Jace bid on this job if the company incurs a direct labor rate of $30/hour and charges a 60% mark-up above job costs? (Round answer to 2 decimal places, e.g. 5,275.25.) Bid price $

Jace and Associates provides professional consulting services to a variety of clientele in an effort to help them improve the operating effectiveness and profitability of their businesses. At the start of the year, budgeted MOH costs were $250,000; budgeted direct labo hours, its allocation base, were 100,000. The company is considering doing work for a new client that is estimated to take around 45 hours. How much should Jace bid on this job if the company incurs a direct labor rate of $30/hour and charges a 60% mark-up above job costs? (Round answer to 2 decimal places, e.g. 5,275.25.) Bid price $

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