Question:
Cost Allocation: Step Method
Refer to the data for University Printers in Exercise 11-24.
Required
Allocate the service department costs using the step method, starting with the Maintenance Department. What effect does using this method have on the allocation of costs?
Cost Allocation: Direct Method
University Printers has two service departments (Maintenance and Personnel) and two operating departments (Printing and Developing). Management has decided to allocate maintenance costs on the basis of machine-hours in each department and personnel costs on the basis of labor-hours worked by the employees in each.
The following data appear in the company records for the current period:
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Maintenance
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Personnel
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Printing
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Developing
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Machine-hours
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-
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1,000
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1,000
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3,000
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Labor-hours
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500
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-
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500
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2,000
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Department direct costs
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$15,000
|
$36,000
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$45,000
|
$30,000
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Required
Use the direct method to allocate these service department costs to the operating departments.