=+Bob Granger, Mercury’s management accountant, believes that there is enough variation in the test procedures and cost structure to establish separate costing rates and billing rates at a 45% mark-up. He also believes that the inflexible rate structure currently being used is inadequate in today’s competitive environment. After analysing the company data, he has divided operating costs into the following three cost pools:

Labour and supervision $491 840 Set-up and facility costs 402 620 Utilities 368 000 Total budgeted costs for the period $1 262 460