Business, 07.05.2021 23:40 kebaby9930

Consultant Co. is in the business of public relation consulting. The firm has two units: Government (working with various levels of government) and Corporate (working with different corporations). For government contracts, the firm can charge the total cost plus 15% in their consulting fees (a cost-plus contract). For corporate contracts, the firm can only charge a lump sum that is negotiated and signed into the contract. The costs are estimated for the two units as the following:
Government Corporate Total
Direct costs 45000 75000 120000
Chief consultant input hours 300 700 1000
Total hours worked 1000 2000 3000
Consultant Co. has a total indirect costs total $1.2 million for the year.
a. If the firm chooses direct cost as their cost driver, how would the indirect costs be allocated to the two units? What is the expected revenue that they can generate from the Government unit?
b. If the firm chooses to allocate costs based on chief consultant input hours, how would the indirect costs be allocated to the two units? What is the revenue from the Government unit?
c. If the firm chooses total hours worked as the cost driver, how would the indirect costs be allocated to the two units? What is the revenue from the Government unit?

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