Hammond and Jarrett Provide Tax Consulting for Estates and Trusts

question 38

Essay

Hammond and Jarrett provide tax consulting for estates and trusts.Their job-costing system has a single direct-cost category (professional labour)and a single indirect-cost pool (research support).The indirect-cost pool contains all the costs except direct personnel costs.All budgeted indirect costs are allocated to individual jobs using actual professional labour-hours.
Required:
a.Discuss the reasons a consulting firm might use a normal costing system rather than an actual costing system.
b.What might be some reasons for the firm to change from a one-pool to a multiple-pool allocation concept?
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