Bass Accounting Services expects its accountants to work a total of 26 comma 000 direct labor hours per year. The company's estimated total indirect costs are $ 390 comma 000. The company uses direct labor hours as the allocation base for indirect costs. What is the indirect cost allocation rate? A. $ 18.00 per hour B. $ 30.00 per hour C. $ 15.00 per hour D. $ 150.00 per hour

The correct answer is option (c) $15 per hour

Explanation:

Solution

Recall that:

Expected wok for accountants = 26,000

The company estimated total indirect costs - 390,000

The next step is to find the allocation base cost for indirect cost.

Now,

The indirect labor cost is calculated as follows:

indirect cost allocation rate:

= Total indirect costs/Labor hours

= $390,000/26,000

= $15 per hours

C) $ 15.00 per hour

Explanation:

total labor hours 26,000 per year

total indirect costs $390,000

if the company allocates indirect costs according to labor hours employed, the cost allocation rate should be:

$390,000 / 26,000 = $15 per direct labor hour

This means that for every labor hour employed, $15 will be allocated as indirect costs, e. g. a client requires 50 labor hours per year and $750 ( = 50 x $15) in indirect costs.