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Lewis and Stark is a public accounting firm that offers two primary services, auditing and tax$-$return preparation. A controversy has

developed between the partners of the two service lines as to who is contributing the greater amount to the bottom line. The area of

contention is the assignment of overhead. The tax partners argue for assigning overhead on the basis of $40\%$ of direct labor dollars,

while the audit partners argue for implementing activity$-$based costing. The partners agree to use next year's budgeted data for

purposes of analysis and comparison. The following overhead data are collected to develop the comparison.$//!!!$ please, refer to similar questions on chegg to fine the instructions of question A through B$2.$ chegg wont let me send multiple pictuers!!!!