Taylor & Associates, a consulting firm, has the following condensed budget for 2014: Taylor has a single

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Taylor & Associates, a consulting firm, has the following condensed budget for 2014:

Revenues Total costs: Direct costs Professional Labor Indirect costs Client support Operating income $

Taylor has a single direct-cost category (professional labor) and a single indirect-cost pool (client support). Indirect costs are allocated to jobs on the basis of professional labor costs.

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1. Prepare an overview diagram of the job-costing system. Calculate the 2014 budgeted indirect cost rate for Taylor & Associates.
2. The markup rate for pricing jobs is intended to produce operating income equal to 10% of revenues. Calculate the markup rate as a percentage of professional labor costs.
3. Taylor is bidding on a consulting job for Tasty Chicken, a fast food chain specializing in poultry meats. The budgeted breakdown of professional labor on the job is as follows:

Professional Labor Category Director Partner Associate Assistant Budgeted Rate per Hour $200 100 50 30

Calculate the budgeted cost of the Tasty Chicken job. How much will Taylor bid for the job if it is to earn its target operating income of 10% of revenues?

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Cost Accounting A Managerial Emphasis

ISBN: 978-0133428704

15th edition

Authors: Charles T. Horngren, Srikant M. Datar, Madhav V. Rajan

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