Allocation Busters (AB) is a dispute mediation firm offering services to firms in disputes about cost allocations

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Allocation Busters (AB) is a dispute mediation firm offering services to firms in disputes about cost allocations with government agencies. For March, AB worked 440 hours for Massive Airframes and 660 hours for Gigantic Drydocks. AB bills clients at the rate of $500 per hour; labor cost for its professional staff is $200 per hour. Overhead costs in March totaled $42,000. Overhead is applied to clients at $40 per labor-hour. In addition, AB had $200,000 in marketing and administrative costs. All transactions are on account. All services were billed.


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a. Show labor and overhead cost flows through T-accounts.

b. Prepare an income statement for the company for March.


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Fundamentals of Cost Accounting

ISBN: 978-0077398194

3rd Edition

Authors: William Lanen, Shannon Anderson, Michael Maher

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