Haworth Company is a management consulting firm. The company expects to incur \(167,500 of indirect costs this year. Indirect costs are allocated based on the following activities:

Activity

Estimated cost

Allocation Base

Estimated quantity of allocation base

Predetermined

Overhead allocation rate

Site visits

\) 45,000

Number of visits

900 visits

\( 50 per visit

Documentation Preparation

122,500

Number of pages

3,500 Pages

\) 35 per page

Total Indirect costs

\( 167,500

Haworth bills clients at 120% of the direct labor costs. The company has estimated direct labor costs at \)240 per hour. Last month, Haworth completed a consulting job for Client 76 and used the following resources:

Allocation Base Client 76

Direct labor hours 60

Visits 5

Pages 50

Determine the total cost of the consulting job and the operating income earned.

Short Answer

Expert verified

Consulting job cost: $16,275

Operating Income: $1,005

Step by step solution

01

Calculation of consulting job cost for client 76

Directlaborcost=directlaborcostperhour×no.ofdirectlaborhour=$240×60=$14,400

visitcost=predeterminedoverheadallocationrate×No.ofvisits=$50×5=$125

documentpreparationcost=predeterminedoverheadallocationrate×No.ofpages=$35×50=$1,750

totalconsultingcost=directlaborcost+sitevisitcost+documentationcost=$14,400+$125+$1,750=$16,275

02

Calculation of operating Income

servicerevenue=totallaborcost×determinedpercent=$14,400×120100=$17,280

role="math" localid="1651123999919" operatingincome=servicerevenue-consultingcost=$17,280-$16,275=$1,005

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