Western Company is a management consulting firm. The company expects to incur $252,000 of indirect costs this year. Indirect costs are allocated based on the following activities:

Western bills clients at 130% of the direct labor costs. The company has estimated direct labor costs at $290 per hour. Last month, Western completed a consulting job for Client 76 and used the following resources:
Allocation Base Client 76
Direct labor hours ....55
Visits..........10
Pages..........35
Determine the total cost of the consulting job and the operating income earned.

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Estimated Predeterminerd Quantity of Estimated Cost Allocation Base Overhead Allocation Rate Activity Allocation Base Site visits Documentation preparation Total indirect costs 168,000 Number of visits 1,200 visits 140 per visit 84,000 Number of pages 2,400 pages 35 per page $ 252,000