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Homework: chapter 5 HW Score: 0 of 15 pts E5-20 (similar to) 1 of 6 (1 complete)

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Homework: chapter 5 HW Score: 0 of 15 pts E5-20 (similar to) 1 of 6 (1 complete) HW Score: 1.89%, 2.37 of 125 pts Question Help The Wilmer Group (WG) provides tax advice to multinational firms. WG charges dients for (a) direct professional tmea an hourly rate) and (b) support services (at 30% of the direct professional costs billed). The three professionals in WG and their rates per professional hour are as follows: G has just prepared the May 2017 bills for two clients. The hours of professional time spent on each cient are as follows: EEB (Click the icon to view the hours by client.) Read the requirements. Ell (Click the icon to view the hourly rates.) Requirement 1. What amounts did WG bill to Sacramento Dominion and Bejing Enterprises for May 2017? Determine the formula needed to calculate the total cost per professional for each client when WG allocates support costs at 30% of direct professional costs. Cost per Data Table Data Table Requirements Professional Billing Rate per Hour 550 210 80 Hours per Client What amounts did WG bill to Sacramento Dominion and Bejing Enterprises for May 2017? Suppose support services were billed at $50 per professional labor-hour (instead of 30% of professional labor costs). How would this change affect the amounts WG billed to the two clients for May 2017? Comment on the differences between the amounts billed in requirements 1 and 2. How would you determine whether professional labor costs or professional labor-hours is the more appropriate allocation base for WG's support services? 1. Myron Wilmer Alison Brown John Amesbury Professiona Sacramento Dominion Wilmer Brown Bojing Entorprises 26 2. 14 52 70 39 3. Print Done 70 Total Print Done Print Done

Explanation / Answer

1) Cost per professional Formula = Direct professional labor+(Support allocation rate*Direct professional labor)

= Direct professional labor+(30%*Direct professional labor)

2) Cost per professional Formula = Direct professional labor+(Support allocation rate*Direct professional labor)

= Direct professional labor+($50*Direct professional labor)

Both clients use the same amount of professional labor time. Sacramento Dominion uses a higher proportion of wilmer's time, which is more costly. This attracts the highest support services charge when allocated on the basis of direct professional labor costs.

Sacramento Dominion Bejing Enterprises Direct Professional costs (A) Support cost (B = A*30%) Amount billed to client (A+B) Direct Professional costs (C) Support cost (D = C*30%) Amount billed to client (C+D) Wilmer (26*$550) = 14,300 4,290 18,590 (4*$550) = $2,200 660 2,860 Brown (5*$210) = 1,050 315 1,365 (14*$210) = 2,940 882 3,822 Amesbury (39*$80) = 3,120 936 4,056 (52*$80) = 4,160 1,248 5,408 Total 24,011 12,090