C$3-65$ Job costing or process costing for wedding services $($Learning Objectives $1,2,$

$3,4,$&$7)$

This case is a continuation of the Burburr Resorts & Hotels Corporation serial case that began

in Chapter $1.$ The components of the Burburr serial case can be completed in any order.

The Las Vegas Burburr offers several wedding packages for on$-$site wedding ceremonies

and$/$or receptions. Packages can include limousines$,$ flowers, photographers, pianist$/$

organist, and other services. Burburr charges a flat fee for the basic wedding package

plus additional charges for a la carte or individually added$-$on items and services. Each

wedding is facilitated by a Burburr wedding coordinator; assume that the planning ser$-$

vices of a wedding coordinator are paid on an hourly basis.

Would Burburr be likely to use a job costing system or a process costing system for

determining the costs and profit for each wedding? Explain.

If Burburr uses a job costing system for a wedding, describe what cost items might be

included in each of the following categories:

a$.$ Direct material

b$.$ Direct labor

c$.$ Overhead