The Fly Company provides advertising services for clients across the nation. The Fly Company is presently working on four projects, each for a different client. The Fly Company accumulates costs for each account (client) on the basis of both direct costs and allocated indirect costs. The direct costs include the charged time of professional personnel and media purchases (air time and ad space). Overhead is allocated to each project as a percentage of media purchases. The predetermined overhead rate is 45% of media purchases. On August 1, the four advertising projects had the following accumulated costs: August 1 Balances $59,100 17,700 41,400 25,400 $143,600 Vault Bank Take Off Airlines Sleepy Tired Hotels Tastee Beverages Total During August, The Fly Company incurred the following direct labor and media purchase costs related to preparing advertising for each of the four accounts: Vault Bank Take Off Airlines Sleepy Tired Hotels Tastee Beverages Total Direct Labor $41,700 18,600 82,100 93,400 $235,800 Media Purchases $159,200 140,100 102,300 76,400 $478,000

The Fly Company provides advertising services for clients across the nation. The Fly Company is presently working on four projects, each for a different client. The Fly Company accumulates costs for each account (client) on the basis of both direct costs and allocated indirect costs. The direct costs include the charged time of professional personnel and media purchases (air time and ad space). Overhead is allocated to each project as a percentage of media purchases. The predetermined overhead rate is 45% of media purchases. On August 1, the four advertising projects had the following accumulated costs: August 1 Balances $59,100 17,700 41,400 25,400 $143,600 Vault Bank Take Off Airlines Sleepy Tired Hotels Tastee Beverages Total During August, The Fly Company incurred the following direct labor and media purchase costs related to preparing advertising for each of the four accounts: Vault Bank Take Off Airlines Sleepy Tired Hotels Tastee Beverages Total Direct Labor $41,700 18,600 82,100 93,400 $235,800 Media Purchases $159,200 140,100 102,300 76,400 $478,000

FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING

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Chapter1: Financial Statements And Business Decisions

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