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Financial Planning Partners Inc., employs 12 fulltime CPAs and 10 paraprofession

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Question

Financial Planning Partners Inc., employs 12 fulltime CPAs and 10 paraprofessionals. Direct and indirect costs are applied on a professional laborhour

basis that includes both attorney and paraprofessional hours. Following is information for 2018:

Budget

Actual

Indirect costs

$310,000

$296,000

Annual salary of each attorney

$101,000

$111,000

Annual salary of each paraprofessional

Total professional laborhours

$31,000

50000dlh

$32,000

55000dlh

When using a normal costing system, yearend accounting records will show that indirect costs are ________

A.perfectly allocated

B.underallocated

C.overallocated

D.within budget

Budget

Actual

Indirect costs

$310,000

$296,000

Annual salary of each attorney

$101,000

$111,000

Annual salary of each paraprofessional

Total professional laborhours

$31,000

50000dlh

$32,000

55000dlh

When using a normal costing system, yearend accounting records will show that indirect costs are ________

A.perfectly allocated

B.underallocated

C.overallocated

D.within budget

Explanation / Answer

C.Over allocated:

Budgeted indirect costs: $310,000

Total professional labor hours : 50000 dlh

cost per hour : 310000/50000 = $6.2

when applied to actual labor hour, indirect costs will be $6.2*55000 = 341000

Actual indirect cost : $300,000 < 341000

Hence it is over allocated

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