Service Cost Flows Xavier & Associates Law Firm estimated its total overhead costs for 2009 to be

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Service Cost Flows Xavier & Associates Law Firm estimated its total overhead costs for 2009 to be $1.8 million.

It allocates overhead based on direct labor hours. Xavier employs a total of 11 attorneys, each working an average of 2,000 hours per year. The average annual salary for Xavier attorneys is $140,000, or approximately $70 per hour. Xavier attorneys worked a total of 23 hours and used $150 of supplies in doing work for Mr. Bailey, one of Xavier’s clients.

1. What is Xavier’s overhead rate?

2. Prepare the journal entry to record the overhead for the Bailey job.

3. Prepare the journal entry to record the cost of supplies for the Bailey job.

4. Prepare the journal entry to record the cost of labor for the Bailey job.

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Accounting Concepts And Applications

ISBN: 9780324376159

10th Edition

Authors: W. Steve Albrecht, James D. Stice, Earl K. Stice, Monte R. Swain

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