Smith and Jones CPA firm employs 12 accountants and 10 paraprofessionals. Direct and indirect costs...

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Smith and Jones CPA firm employs 12 accountants and 10 paraprofessionals. Direct and indirect costs are applied on a professional labor-hour basis that includes both attorney and paraprofessional hours. Following is information for 2018:

Budget Actual
Indirect costs $290,000 $310,000
Annual salary of each attorney $90,000 $105,000
Annual salary of each paraprofessional $32,000 $33,000
Total professional labor-hours 20,000 dlh 25,000 dlh

What are the actual direct-cost rate and the actual indirect-cost rate, respectively, per professional labor-hour?

A. $70.00; $14.50

B. $79.50; $12.40

C. $63.60; $11.60

D. $63.60; $12.40

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