Problem 2 (3 min) Meiser, Howard and Associates, a law firm, employs ABC. The following budgeted data for each of the activity cost pools is provided for the year 2016.                                                                             Estimated          Expected Use of            Activity Cost Pools                Overhead   Cost Drivers per Activity            Researching legal issues        $     31,500               900 research hours            Preparing legal documents          480,000          30,000 pages            Meeting with clients                  1,760,000            8,800 professional hours During 2016 the firm worked 660 research hours, 10,000 professional hours, and prepared 25,000 document pages. Instructions Compute the total overhead applied during 2016.

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Meiser, Howard and Associates, a law firm, employs ABC. The following budgeted data for each of the activity cost pools is provided for the year 2016.

                                                                            Estimated          Expected Use of

           Activity Cost Pools                Overhead   Cost Drivers per Activity

           Researching legal issues        $     31,500               900 research hours

           Preparing legal documents          480,000          30,000 pages

           Meeting with clients                  1,760,000            8,800 professional hours

During 2016 the firm worked 660 research hours, 10,000 professional hours, and prepared 25,000 document pages.

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Compute the total overhead applied during 2016.

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