JKL Financial Services Ltd has provided the following budget information for the coming financial year: Senior consultant salaries $170,000 - 2,300 hours Graduate salaries  $60,000 - 1,850 hours        Photocopying $10,000 - 80,000 sheets Travel  $40,000 - 55,000 km Systems - $50,000 - 100,000 transactions Clients are billed at cost plus a 40% mark-up The following costs were incurred in servicing Singh Enterprises Senior consultant salaries  40 hours Graduate salaries 80 hours Photocopying 20 sheets Travel 40 km Systems 1500 transactions Required: Calculate a charge rate for each of the activity costs Calculate how much Singh Enterprises should be billed

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JKL Financial Services Ltd has provided the following budget information for the coming financial year:

Senior consultant salaries $170,000 - 2,300 hours

Graduate salaries  $60,000 - 1,850 hours       

Photocopying $10,000 - 80,000 sheets

Travel  $40,000 - 55,000 km

Systems - $50,000 - 100,000 transactions

Clients are billed at cost plus a 40% mark-up

The following costs were incurred in servicing Singh Enterprises

Senior consultant salaries  40 hours

Graduate salaries 80 hours

Photocopying 20 sheets

Travel 40 km

Systems 1500 transactions

Required:

  1. Calculate a charge rate for each of the activity costs
  2. Calculate how much Singh Enterprises should be billed
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