Managerial Accounting: Tools for Business Decision Making

7th Edition

ISBN: 9781118334331

Author: Jerry J. Weygandt, Paul D. Kimmel, Donald E. Kieso

Publisher: WILEY

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Chapter 4, Problem 4.16E

Lasso and Markowitz is a law firm that is initiating an activity-based costing system. Sam Lasso, the senior partner and strong supporter of ABC, has prepared the following list of activities performed by a typical attorney in a day at the firm.

Activities	Hours
Writing contracts and letters	1.5
Attending staff meetings	0.5
Taking depositions	1.0
Doing research	1.0
Traveling to/from court	1.0
Contemplating legal strategy	1.0
Eating lunch	1.0
Litigating a case in court	2.5
Entertaining a prospective client	1.5

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Classify each of the activities listed by Sam Lasso as value-added or non-value-added, and defend your classification. How much was value-added time and how much was non-value-added?

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Managerial Accounting: Tools for Business Decision Making

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