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BluStar Company has two service departments, Administration and Accounting, and two operating departments, Domestic and International. Administration costs are allocated on the basis of employees, and Accounting costs are allocated on the basis of number of transactions. A summary of BluStar operations follows: Administration Accounting Domestic International Employees – 28 36 36 Transactions 38,000 – 20,000 80,000 Department direct costs $ 363,000 $ 141,000 $ 955,000 $ 3,750,000
Allocate the cost of the service departments to the operating departments using the reciprocal method. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Negative amounts should be indicated by a minus sign.)
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Reciperocal Mathod | To | |||||
Admin | Accounting | Domestic | International | |||
From | ||||||
Department Cost | $ 363,000 | $ 141,000 | $ 955,000 | $ 3,750,000 | ||
Administration | $ 1 | $-435,400 | $ 121,912 | $ 156,744 | $ 156,744 | |
Accounting | in Accounting ratio | $ 72,400 | $ -263,296 | $ 38,159 | $ 152,737 | R/off |
Total | $ -0 | $ -384 | $1,149,903 | $ 4,059,481 | ||
Admin | Accounting | |||||
Admin | $ 363,000 | 27.54% | ||||
Accounting | $ 141,000 | 28.00% | ||||
Dom | $ 955,000 | 36.00% | 14.49% | |||
Int | $ 3,750,000 | 36.00% | 57.97% | |||
Admin= | 363000+0.2754 of Accounting | Eq1 | ||||
Accounting= | 141000+0.28 of Admin | Eq2 | ||||
Substituting the value of Accounting in Eq1 | ||||||
Admin= | 363000+0.2754(141000+0.28 of Admin) | |||||
Admin= | 363000+38831+0.0771 of admin | $ 38,831.40 | 0.0771 | |||
Admin-0.0771 Admin= | $ 401,831 | $ 401,831 | ||||
0.9229 Admin | $ 401,831 | 0.9229 | ||||
Admin= | 401831/0.9229 | |||||
Admin= | $ 435,400 | |||||
Substituting the value of Admin in Eq 2 | ||||||
Accounting= | 141000+0.28 of Admin | |||||
Accounting= | 141000+(0.28*436773) | |||||
Accounting= | $ 263,296 |