(Solved): 4-21 Job costing, normal, and actual costing. (LO 3,4,5) Anderson Construction assembles residenti ...

4-21 Job costing, normal, and actual costing. (LO 3,4,5) Anderson Construction assembles residential homes. It uses a job-costing system with two direct cost categories (direct materials and direct labour) and one indirect cost pool (assembly support). The allocation base for assembly support costs is direct labour-hours. In December 2021, Anderson budgets 2022 assembly support costs to be \( \$ 7,200,000 \) and 2022 direct labour-hours to be 150,000 . At the end of 2022, Anderson is comparing the costs of several jobs that were started and completed in 2022. Information for a couple of jobs follows: Direct materials and direct labour are paid for on a contract basis. The costs of each are known when direct materials are used or direct labour-hours are worked. The 2022 actual assembly support costs were \( \$ 6,888,000 \), while the actual direct labour-hours were 164,000 . 1. Compute the (a) budgeted and (b) actual indirect cost rate. Why do they differ? 2. What is the job cost of the Laguna Model and the Mission Model using (a) normal costing and (b) actual costing? 3. Why might Anderson Construction prefer normal costing over actual costing? Check Figure: 1a. \( \$ 48 \) per direct labour-hour