The Fly Company provides advertising services for clients across the nation. The Fly Company is presently working on four projects, each for a different client. The Fly Company accumulates costs for each account (client) on the basis of both direct costs and allocated indirect costs. The direct costs include the charged time of professional personnel and media purchases (air time and ad space). Overhead is allocated to each project as a percentage of media purchases. The predetermined overhead rate is 45% of media purchases. On August 1, the four advertising projects had the following accumulated costs: August 1 Balances $59,100 17,700 41,400 25,400 $143,600 Vault Bank Take Off Airlines Sleepy Tired Hotels Tastee Beverages Total During August, The Fly Company incurred the following direct labor and media purchase costs related to preparing advertising for each of the four accounts: Vault Bank Take Off Airlines Sleepy Tired Hotels Tastee Beverages Total Direct Labor $41,700 18,600 82,100 93,400 $235,800 Media Purchases $159,200 140,100 102,300 76,400 $478,000

The Fly Company provides advertising services for clients across the nation. The Fly Company is presently working on four projects, each for a different client. The Fly Company accumulates costs for each account (client) on the basis of both direct costs and allocated indirect costs. The direct costs include the charged time of professional personnel and media purchases (air time and ad space). Overhead is allocated to each project as a percentage of media purchases. The predetermined overhead rate is 45% of media purchases. On August 1, the four advertising projects had the following accumulated costs: August 1 Balances $59,100 17,700 41,400 25,400 $143,600 Vault Bank Take Off Airlines Sleepy Tired Hotels Tastee Beverages Total During August, The Fly Company incurred the following direct labor and media purchase costs related to preparing advertising for each of the four accounts: Vault Bank Take Off Airlines Sleepy Tired Hotels Tastee Beverages Total Direct Labor $41,700 18,600 82,100 93,400 $235,800 Media Purchases $159,200 140,100 102,300 76,400 $478,000

Managerial Accounting

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ISBN:9781337912020

Author:Carl Warren, Ph.d. Cma William B. Tayler

Publisher:Carl Warren, Ph.d. Cma William B. Tayler

Chapter2: Job Order Costing

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 16E: Job order cost accounting for a service company The Fly Company provides advertising services for...

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Job order cost accounting for a service company The Fly Company provides advertising services for clients across the nation. The Fly Company is presently working on four projects, each for a different client. The Fly Company accumulates costs for each account (client) on the basis of both direct costs and allocated indirect costs. The direct costs include the charged time of professional personnel and media purchases (air time and ad space). Overhead is allocated to each project as a percentage of media purchases. The predetermined overhead rate is 45% of media purchases. On August 1, the four advertising projects had the following accumulated costs: August 1 Balances Vault Bank $82,600 Take Off Airlines 24,800 Sleepy Tired Hotels 57,800 Tastee Beverages 35,500 Total $200,700 During August, The Fly Company incurred the following direct labor and media purchase costs related to preparing advertising for each of the four accounts: Direct Labor Media Purchases Vault Bank $58,900 $219,100…
Job Order Cost Accounting for a Service Company The Fly Company provides advertising services for clients across the nation. The Fly Company is presently working on four projects, each for a different client. The Fly Company accumulates costs for each account (client) on the basis of both direct costs and allocated indirect costs. The direct costs include the charged time of professional personnel and media purchases (air time and ad space). Overhead is allocated to each project as a percentage of media purchases. The predetermined overhead rate is 50% of media purchases. On August 1, the four advertising projects had the following accumulated costs: August 1 Balances Vault Bank $62,200 Take Off Airlines 18,700 Sleepy Tired Hotels 43,500 Tastee Beverages 26,700 Total $151,100 During August, The Fly Company incurred the following direct labor and media purchase costs related to preparing advertising for each of the four accounts: Direct Labor Media…
Job Order Cost Accounting for a Service Company The Fly Company provides advertising services for clients across the nation. The Fly Company is presently working on four projects, each for a different client. The Fly Company accumulates costs for each account (client) on the basis of both direct costs and allocated indirect costs. The direct costs include the charged time of professional personnel and media purchases (air time and ad space). Overhead is allocated to each project as a percentage of media purchases. The predetermined overhead rate is 45% of media purchases. On August 1, the four advertising projects had the following accumulated costs: August 1 Balances Vault Bank $57,100 Take Off Airlines 17,100 Sleepy Tired Hotels 40,000 Tastee Beverages 24,600 Total $138,800 During August, The Fly Company incurred the following direct labor and media purchase costs related to preparing advertising for each of the four accounts: Direct Labor Media…
Job Order Cost Accounting for a Service Company The Fly Company provides advertising services for clients across the nation. The Fly Company is presently working on four projects, each for a different client. The Fly Company accumulates costs for each account (client) on the basis of both direct costs and allocated indirect costs. The direct costs include the charged time of professional personnel and media purchases (air time and ad space). Overhead is allocated to each project as a percentage of media purchases. The predetermined overhead rate is 50% of media purchases. On August 1, the four advertising projects had the following accumulated costs: August 1 Balances Vault Bank $62,800 Take Off Airlines 18,800 Sleepy Tired Hotels 44,000 Tastee Beverages 27,000 Total $152,600 During August, The Fly Company incurred the following direct labor and media purchase costs related to preparing advertising for each of the four accounts: Direct Labor Media…
Job Order Cost Accounting for a Service Company The Fly Company provides advertising services for clients across the nation. The Fly Company is presently working on four projects, each for a different client. The Fly Company accumulates costs for each account (client) on the basis of both direct costs and allocated indirect costs. The direct costs include the charged time of professional personnel and media purchases (air time and ad space). Overhead is allocated to each project as a percentage of media purchases. The predetermined overhead rate is 50% of media purchases. On August 1, the four advertising projects had the following accumulated costs: August 1 Balances Vault Bank $69,400 Take Off Airlines 20,800 Sleepy Tired Hotels 48,600 Tastee Beverages 29,800 Total $168,600 During August, The Fly Company incurred the following direct labor and media purchase costs related to preparing advertising for each of the four accounts: Direct Labor Media…
Job Order Cost Accounting for a Service Company The Fly Company provides advertising services for clients across the nation. The Fly Company is presently working on four projects, each for a different client. The Fly Company accumulates costs for each account (client) on the basis of both direct costs and allocated indirect costs. The direct costs include the charged time of professional personnel and media purchases (air time and ad space). Overhead is allocated to each project as a percentage of media purchases. The predetermined overhead rate is 45% of media purchases. On August 1, the four advertising projects had the following accumulated costs: August 1 Balances Vault Bank $57,100 Take Off Airlines 17,100 Sleepy Tired Hotels 40,000 Tastee Beverages 24,600 Total $138,800 During August, The Fly Company incurred the following direct labor and media purchase costs related to preparing advertising for each of the four accounts: Direct Labor Media…
Job order cost accounting for a service company The Fly Company provides advertising services for clients across the nation. The Fly Company is presently working on four projects, each for a different client. The Fly Company accumulates costs for each account (client) on the basis of both direct costs and allocated indirect costs. The direct costs include the charged time of professional personnel and media purchases (air time and ad space). Overhead is allocated to each project as a percentage of media purchases. The predetermined overhead rate is 50% of media purchases. On August 1, the four advertising projects had the following accumulated costs: August 1 Balances Vault Bank $83,300 Take Off Airlines 25,000 Sleepy Tired Hotels 58,300 Tastee Beverages 35,800 Total $202,400 During August, The Fly Company incurred the following direct labor and media purchase costs related to preparing advertising for each of the four accounts: Direct Labor Media Purchases Vault Bank $58,200 $212,500…
Job Order Cost Accounting for a Service Company The Fly Company provides advertising services for clients across the nation. The Fly Company is presently working on four projects, each for a different client. The Fly Company accumulates costs for each account (client) on the başis of both direct costs and allocated indirect costs. The direct costs include the charged time of professional personnel and media purchases (air time and ad space). Overhead is allocated to each project as a percentage of media purchases. The predetermined overhead rate is 50% of media purchases. On August 1, the four advertising projects had the following accumulated costs: August 1 Balances Vault Bank $68,700 Take Off Airlines 20,600 Sleepy Tired Hotels 48,100 Tastee Beverages 29,500 Total $166,900 During August, The Fly Company incurred the following direct labor and media purchase costs related to preparing advertising for each of the four accounts: Direct Labor Media Purchases Vault Bank $46,100 $173,800…
Job Order Costing for a Service Company The Fly Company provides advertising services for clients across the nation. The Fly Company is presently working on four projects, each for a different client. The Fly Company accumulates costs for each account (client) on the basis of both direct costs and allocated indirect costs. The direct costs include the charged time of professional personnel and media purchases (air time and ad space). Overhead is allocated to each project as a percentage of media purchases. The predetermined overhead rate is 45% of media purchases. On August 1, the four advertising projects had the following accumulated costs: August 1 Balances $82,200 24,700 57,500 35,300 $199,700 Vault Bank Take Off Airlines Sleepy Tired Hotels Tastee Beverages Total During August, The Fly Company incurred the following direct labor and media purchase costs related to preparing advertising for each of the four accounts: Vault Bank Take Off Airlines Sleepy Tired Hotels Tastee Beverages…