The manufacturing overhead budget at pendley corporation is based on budgeted direct labor-hours. the direct labor budget indicates that 8,900 direct labor-hours will be required in august. the variable overhead rate is $5.50 per direct labor-hour. the company's budgeted fixed manufacturing overhead is $133,500 per month, which includes depreciation of $30,260. all other fixed manufacturing overhead costs represent current cash flows. the company recomputes its predetermined overhead rate every month. what should be the predetermined overhead rate for august? a. $5.50 b. $17.10 c. $15.00 d. $20.50

crow design, inc. is a web site design and consulting firm. the firm uses a job order costing system in which each client is a different job. crow design assigns direct labor, licensing costs, and travel costs directly to each job. it allocates indirect costs to jobs based on a predetermined overhead allocation rate, computed as a percentage of direct labor costs. direct labor hours (professional) 6,250 hours direct labor costs ($1,800,000 support staff salaries ,000 computer ,000 office ,000 office ,000 in november 2012, crow design served several clients. records for two clients appear here: delicious treats mesilla chocolates direct labor 700 hours 100 hours software licensing $ 4,000 $400 travel costs 8,000 1. compute crow design’s direct labor rate and its predetermined indirect cost allocation rate for 2012. 2. compute the total cost of each job. 3. if simone wants to earn profits equal to 50% of service revenue, how much (what fee) should she charge each of these two clients? 4. why does crow design assign costs to jobs?