Darlington & Myrtle, Attorneys at Law, Provide a Variety of Legal

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Essay

Darlington & Myrtle, Attorneys at Law, provide a variety of legal services. The law firm uses an activity-based costing system and has developed the following activity pool cost rates:
Cost and activity data related to two clients is as follows:
Required:
a. Calculate the amount of overhead that would be allocated to Client 245 using the activity-based costing system.
b. Calculate the amount of overhead that would be allocated to Client 367 using the activity-based costing system.

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