Problem 5-50 Activity-Based Costing; Analysis of Operations (LO 5-1, 5-2,5-4,5-5, 5-7, 5-10) Grady and Associates performs a variety of activities related to Information systems and e-commerce consulting in Toronto, Canada. The firm, which bills $168 per hour for services performed, is in a very tight local labor market and is having difficulty finding quality help for its overworked professional staff. The cost per hour for professional staff time is $78. Selected information follows. Billable hours to clients for the year totaled 8,800, consisting of Information systems services, 5,280; e-commerce consulting, 3,520. Administrative cost of $423,760 was (and continues to be) allocated to both services based on billable hours. These costs consist of staff support, $225,480; In-house computing, $159,000; and miscellaneous office charges $39,280. A recent analysis of staff support costs found a correlation with the number of clients served. In-house computing and miscellaneous office charges varled directly with the number of computer hours logged and number of client transactions, respectively. A tabulation revealed the following data: Number of clients Number of computer hours Number of client transactions Information Systems Services 265 3,880 760 E-Commerce Consulting 85 2,380 860 Total 350 6,260 1,620 Required: 2. Assume that the firm uses traditional costing procedures, allocating total costs on the basis of billable hours. Determine the profitability of the firm's Information systems and e-commerce activities, expressing your answer both in dollars and as a percentage of activity revenue. 3. Assume that the firm uses activity-based costing. Determine the profitability of the firm's Information systems and e-commerce activities, expressing your answer both in dollars and as a percentage of activity revenue. 4. Jeffrey Grady, one of the firm's partners, doesn't care where his professionals spend their time because, as he notes, "many clients have come to expect both services and we need both to stay in business. Also, information systems and e-commerce professionals are paid the same hourly rate." Should Grady's attitude change? Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required 2 Required 3 Required 4 Assume that the firm uses traditional costing procedures, allocating total costs on the basis of billable hours. Determine the profitability of the firm's information systems and e-commerce activities, expressing your answer both in dollars and as a percentage of activity revenue. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round "Profitability" to 2 decimal places.) Department Total Billings Income Profitability Information systems services 887,040 s 157,608 17.77% E-commerce consulting 591,360 105,072 17.77% S S S Required 2 Required 3 Required 4 Assume that the firm uses activity-based costing. Determine the profitability of the firm's information systems and e- commerce activities, expressing your answer both in dollars and as a percentage of activity revenue. (Round intermediate calculations and final answers to 2 decimal places.) Total Billings Income Profitability Department Information systems services E-commerce consulting 996 Required 2 Required 3 Required 4 Jeffrey Grady, one of the firm's partners, doesn't care where his professionals spend their time because, as he notes, "many clients have come to expect both services and we need both to stay in business. Also, information systems and e-commerce professionals are paid the same hourly rate." Should Grady's attitude change? Yes No
