On June 1, Royal Corp. began operating a service company with an initial cash investment by shareholders of $2,000,000. The company provided $6,400,000 of services in June and received full payment in July. Royal also incurred expenses of $3,000,000 in June that were paid in August. During June, Royal paid its shareholders cash dividends of $1,000,000. What was the company's income before income taxes for the two months ended July 31 under the following methods of accounting

Speedy auto repairs uses a job-order costing system. the company’s direct materials consist of replacement parts installed in customer vehicles, and its direct labor consists of the mechanics’ hourly wages. speedy’s overhead costs include various items, such as the shop manager’s salary, depreciation of equipment, utilities, insurance, and magazine subscriptions and refreshments for the waiting room. the company applies all of its overhead costs to jobs based on direct labor-hours. at the beginning of the year, it made the following estimates: direct labor-hours required to support estimated output 20,000 fixed overhead cost $ 350,000 variable overhead cost per direct labor-hour $ 1.00 required: 1. compute the predetermined overhead rate. 2. during the year, mr. wilkes brought in his vehicle to replace his brakes, spark plugs, and tires. the following information was available with respect to his job: direct materials $ 590 direct labor cost $ 109 direct labor-hours used 6