Tech Solutions is a consulting firm that uses job-order costing. Its direct materials consist of hardware and software it purchases and installs on behalf of its clients. The firms direct labor includes salaries of consultants who work at the clients job site, and its overhead consists of costs such as depreciation, utilities, and insurance related to the office headquarters as well as the office supplies consumed serving clients.

Tech Solutions computes its predetermined overhead rate annually based on direct labor-hours. At the beginning of the year, it estimated 72,500 direct labor-hours would be required for the periods estimated level of client service. The company also estimated $652,500 of fixed overhead cost for the coming period and variable overhead of $0.50 per direct labor-hour. The firms actual overhead cost for the year was $671,800 and its actual total direct labor was 77,550 hours.

Required:

1. Compute the predetermined overhead rate.
2. During the year, Tech Solutions started and completed the Xavier Company engagement. The following information was available for this job:

Direct materials$ 43,500Direct labor cost$ 23,400Direct labor-hours worked300

Compute the total job cost for Xavier Company.

Predetermined overhead rate: Direct materials: 43500 Direct labor cost: 23400 Overhead applied: