Velvet Ltd provides legal services and has firms across the Asia-Pacific. It adopts a job costing system, where direct costs are charged to individual clients and indirect costs are charged to jobs using a predetermined overhead rate. Velvet Ltd uses direct cost as the allocation base. Igor, Velvet Ltd’s management accountant, anticipates the following costs for the upcoming year.   Cost Percentage of direct costs Professional staff salary          3,200,000 95% Administrative staff salary              370,000 60% Rent and insurance expenses              630,000 0% Utilities expenses              310,000 0% Law Society membership              120,000 0% Travel expenses              310,000 92% Other costs              200,000 36% Suppose the direct costs incurred for Job 2016 is $58,000.   Required: Calculate the total cost of Job 2016.

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Velvet Ltd provides legal services and has firms across the Asia-Pacific. It adopts a job costing system, where direct costs are charged to individual clients and indirect costs are charged to jobs using a predetermined overhead rate. Velvet Ltd uses direct cost as the allocation base. Igor, Velvet Ltd’s management accountant, anticipates the following costs for the upcoming year.

 

Cost

Percentage of direct costs

Professional staff salary

         3,200,000

95%

Administrative staff salary

             370,000

60%

Rent and insurance expenses

             630,000

0%

Utilities expenses

             310,000

0%

Law Society membership

             120,000

0%

Travel expenses

             310,000

92%

Other costs

             200,000

36%

Suppose the direct costs incurred for Job 2016 is $58,000.

 

Required:

Calculate the total cost of Job 2016.

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