Fogelin Promotional Services Uses a Job Order System for Costing

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Fogelin Promotional Services uses a job order system for costing and billing promotional services for dance and ballet performances. Fogelin has 4 public relations specialists, plus an office staff. At the beginning of 2014, Fogelin estimated the total cost of salaries and benefits for the public relations specialists at $403,200, and a total of 7,200 billable hours for the year. The office and administrative costs were estimated at $676,800. The allocation base for office and administrative costs is billable hours. What rate would Fogelin use for allocating the cost of its office and administrative staff?

• A)$94 per hour
• B)$150 per hour
• C)$68 per hour
• D)$56 per hour

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