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Thomas Design is an interior design firm. The firm uses a job cost system, in which each client is a different job. Thomas Design traces direct labor, licensing costs, and travel costs directly to each job (client). It allocates indirect costs to jobs based on a predetermined indirect cost allocation rate computed as a percentage of direct labor costs.
At the beginning of the current year, managing partner Sarah Miracle prepared the following budget:
Direct labor hours (professional) | 10,000 hours |
Direct labor costs (professional) | $1,400,000 |
Support staff salaries | $ 170,000 |
Computer lease payments | $ 49,000 |
Office Supplies | $ 29,000 |
Office rent | $ 60,000 |
Later that same year in November, Thomas Design served several clients. Records for two clients appear here:
Organic foods | Allnews.com | |
Direct labor hours | 730 hours | 25 hours |
Software licensing costs | $2,700 | $400 |
Travel costs | $7,000 | $ 0 |
Requirements
- 1. Compute Thomas Design’s predetermined indirect cost allocation rate for the current year.
- 2. Compute the total cost of each of the two jobs listed.
- 3. If Thomas Design wants to earn profits equal to 30% of sales revenue, how much (what total fee) should the company charge each of these two clients?
- 4. Why does Thomas Design assign costs to jobs?
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