Curtis \& Company is an architectural firm specializing in home remodeling for private clients and new office buildings for corporate clients. View additional information. miles. The blueprints had to be copied four times because LaLonde changed the plans several times. In addition, 16 hours of secretarial time were used lining up the subcontractors for the job. Read the requirements. Additional information Curtis charges customers at a billing rate equal to 138% of the client's total job cost. A client's total job cost is a combination of (1) professional time spent on the client (\$63 per hour cost of employing each professional) and (2) operating overhead allocated to the client's job. Curtis allocates operating overhead to jobs based on professional hours spent on the job. Curtis estimates its five professionals will incur a total of 10,000 professional hours working on client jobs during the year. All operating costs other than professional salaries (travel reimbursements, copy costs, secretarial salaries, office lease, and so forth) can be assigned to the three activities. Total activity costs, cost drivers, and total usage of those cost drivers are estimated as follows: Requirements 1. Calculate the current indirect cost allocation rate per professional hour. 2. Calculate the total amount that would be billed to LaLonde given the current costing structure. 3. Calculate the activity cost allocation rates that could be used to allocate operating overhead costs to client jobs. 4. Calculate the amount that would be billed to LaLonde using ABC costing. 5. Which type of billing system is more fair to clients? Explain