EBK CORNERSTONES OF COST MANAGEMENT
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Author: MOWEN
Publisher: CENGAGE LEARNING - CONSIGNMENT
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Chapter 2, Problem 34P
Mason, Durant, and Westbrook (MDW) is a tax services firm. The firm is located in Oklahoma City and employs 15 professionals and eight staff. The firm does tax work for small businesses and well-to-do individuals. The following data are provided for the last fiscal year. (The Mason, Durant, and Westbrook fiscal year runs from July 1 through June 30.)
Required:
- 1. Prepare a statement of cost of services sold.
- 2. Refer to the statement prepared in Requirement 1. What is the dominant cost? Will this always be true of service organizations? If not, provide an example of an exception.
- 3. Assuming that the average fee for processing a return is $850, prepare an income statement for Mason, Durant, and Westbrook.
- 4. Discuss three differences between services and tangible products. Calculate the average cost of preparing a tax return for last year. How do the differences between services and tangible products affect the ability of MDW to use the last year’s average cost of preparing a tax return in budgeting the cost of tax return services to be offered next year?
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EBK CORNERSTONES OF COST MANAGEMENT
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