Maria Miller, the bookkeeper for Sheridan, Sunland, and Sipacore, a political consulting firm, has recently completed a managerial

accounting course at her local community college. One of the topics covered in the course was the cost of goods manufactured

schedule. Suraya wondered if such a schedule could be prepared for her firm. She realized that, as a service$-$oriented company, it would

have no work in process inventory to consider.

Listed below are the costs her firm incurred for the month ended August $31,2022$:

$($a$)$

Prepare a cost of contract services provided schedule $($similar to a cost of goods manufactured schedule$)$ for the month.