Stepdown accounting


Problem: The Danville Manufacturing Company has two service departments and two producing departments. The following data are available for 2006.

                                 Service Dept. 1    Service Dept. 2    Producing 1    Producing 2
Department Costs            $12,000               $8,000             $60,000         $70,000
Number of Transactions       6,000                 4,000                 6,000           14,000
Square Feet Occupied          2,000                 1,000                 4,000            6,000

The costs of service departments 1 and 2 are allocated on the basis of the number of transactions and square feet occupied, respectively. Assuming that the Danville Manufacturing Company allocates service department 1 costs first, the amount of service department 1 costs allocated to service department 2 under the step-down method would be:

A.    $0.

B.    $1,600.

C.    $2,000

D.    $2,400.

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