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**Job Order Cost Accounting for a Service Company**

The law firm of Furlan and Benson accumulates costs associated with individual cases, using a job order cost system. The following transactions occurred during July:

- **July 3:** Charged 520 hours of professional (lawyer) time to the Obsidian Co. breach of contract suit to prepare for the trial, at a rate of $210 per hour.
- **July 10:** Reimbursed travel costs to employees for depositions related to the Obsidian case, $24,100.
- **July 14:** Charged 190 hours of professional time for the Obsidian trial at a rate of $280 per hour.
- **July 18:** Received invoice from consultants Wadsley and Harden for $62,100 for expert testimony related to the Obsidian trial.
- **July 27:** Applied office overhead at a rate of $40 per professional hour charged to the Obsidian case.
- **July 31:** Paid administrative and support salaries of $20,200 for the month.
- **July 31:** Used office supplies for the month, $6,800.
- **July 31:** Paid professional salaries of $168,600 for the month.
- **July 31:** Billed Obsidian $316,900 for successful defense of the case.

**Requirement:**

a. Provide the journal entries for each of these transactions. If an amount box does not require an entry, leave it blank. There is a table structure to record these entries, with date-specific transaction columns but no information filled in.
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Transcribed Image Text:**Job Order Cost Accounting for a Service Company** The law firm of Furlan and Benson accumulates costs associated with individual cases, using a job order cost system. The following transactions occurred during July: - **July 3:** Charged 520 hours of professional (lawyer) time to the Obsidian Co. breach of contract suit to prepare for the trial, at a rate of $210 per hour. - **July 10:** Reimbursed travel costs to employees for depositions related to the Obsidian case, $24,100. - **July 14:** Charged 190 hours of professional time for the Obsidian trial at a rate of $280 per hour. - **July 18:** Received invoice from consultants Wadsley and Harden for $62,100 for expert testimony related to the Obsidian trial. - **July 27:** Applied office overhead at a rate of $40 per professional hour charged to the Obsidian case. - **July 31:** Paid administrative and support salaries of $20,200 for the month. - **July 31:** Used office supplies for the month, $6,800. - **July 31:** Paid professional salaries of $168,600 for the month. - **July 31:** Billed Obsidian $316,900 for successful defense of the case. **Requirement:** a. Provide the journal entries for each of these transactions. If an amount box does not require an entry, leave it blank. There is a table structure to record these entries, with date-specific transaction columns but no information filled in.
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**Accounting Overhead and Profit Analysis Worksheet**

1. **July 31 Supplies**
   - [Dropdown] [Textbox] [Textbox]

2. **July 31 Prof. Sal.**
   - [Dropdown] [Textbox] [Textbox]

3. **July 31 Billed**
   - [Dropdown] [Textbox] [Textbox]

4. **July 31 Cost**
   - [Dropdown] [Textbox] [Textbox]

b. **Office Overhead Analysis**
   - How much office overhead is over- or underapplied? Enter your answer as a positive number. 
   - [Textbox] [Dropdown]

c. **Gross Profit Determination**
   - Determine the gross profit on the Obsidian case, assuming that over- or underapplied office overhead is closed monthly to cost of services.
   - [Textbox]

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Note: The dropdown menus and textboxes are placeholders for data entry and selection related to each category.
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Transcribed Image Text:--- **Accounting Overhead and Profit Analysis Worksheet** 1. **July 31 Supplies** - [Dropdown] [Textbox] [Textbox] 2. **July 31 Prof. Sal.** - [Dropdown] [Textbox] [Textbox] 3. **July 31 Billed** - [Dropdown] [Textbox] [Textbox] 4. **July 31 Cost** - [Dropdown] [Textbox] [Textbox] b. **Office Overhead Analysis** - How much office overhead is over- or underapplied? Enter your answer as a positive number. - [Textbox] [Dropdown] c. **Gross Profit Determination** - Determine the gross profit on the Obsidian case, assuming that over- or underapplied office overhead is closed monthly to cost of services. - [Textbox] --- Note: The dropdown menus and textboxes are placeholders for data entry and selection related to each category.
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