Bridges and Lloyd, an accounting firm, provides consulting and
tax planning services. For many years, the firm's total
administrative cost (currently $250,000) has been allocated to
services on the basis of billable hours to clients. A recent
analysis found that 65% of the firm's billable hours to clients
resulted from tax planning services, while 35% resulted from
consulting services.
The firm, contemplating a change to activity-based costing, has
identified three components of administrative cost, as
follows:
Staff Support
$
180,000...