A firm of accountants uses an activity-based costing system. The firm's costing system permits staff to indicate specific tasks undertaken for clients, such as requesting missing information. The amount charged for a request for missing information is based on the following analysis.
Each request takes an average of 15 minutes of professional staff time. Professional staff are charged out at $100 per hour.
Administrators then process the information request and prepare a standard letter. The average time administration staff spend on each information request is 20 minutes. The cost of administration staff at the firm is $75,600 per year. Administration staff work for a total of 6,000 hours per year. The cost of printing and posting a letter is $1.
Calculate the cost of an information request.
Give your answer to 2 decimal places.
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