James and Waymire have a professional service firm that has the following budgeted costs for the current year:
Associates’ salaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $300,000
Depreciation—equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50,000
Fringe benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150,000
Lease expense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220,000
Partners’ salaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200,000
Telephone and fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,000
Compute the budgeted overhead rate for the coming year, using direct labor dollars as the overhead allocation base.