Question

In: Accounting

The Ferre Publishing Company has three service departments and two operating departments. Selected data from a...

The Ferre Publishing Company has three service departments and two operating departments. Selected data from a recent period on the five departments follow:

Service Departments

Operating Departments

Administration Janitorial Maintenance Binding Printing Total
Costs $72,000 $73,000 $44,000 $245,000 $545,000 $979,000
Number of employees 112 80 320 800 400 1,712
Square feet of space occupied 3,000 12,000 10,000 20,000 70,000 115,000
Hours of press time 18,000 37,000 55,000

The company allocates service department costs by the step-down method in the following order: Administration (number of employees), Janitorial (space occupied), and Maintenance (hours of press time).

Required:

Using the step-down method, allocate the service department costs to the operating departments. (Please enter allocations from a department as negative and allocations to a department as positive. The line should add across to zero. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to the nearest whole dollar amount.)

Solutions

Expert Solution

  • All working forms part of the answer
  • Working: % ratios to be used for allocation

Administration

Janitorial

Maintenance

Binding

Printing

Total

Number of employees

80

320

800

400

1600

5.00%

20.00%

50.00%

25.00%

100.00%

Square feet of space occupied

10,000

20,000

70,000

100000

10.00%

20.00%

70.00%

100.00%

Hours of press time

18,000

37,000

55000

32.73%

67.27%

100.00%

  • Final Allocation: Step Down

Department

Administration

Janitorial

Maintenance

Binding

Printing

Direct Cost

$                  72,000

$                 73,000

$                 44,000

$              245,000

$                545,000

Step Down Allocation:

Administration

$                (72,000)

$                   3,600

$                 14,400

$                36,000

$                  18,000

Janitorial

$              (76,600)

$                   7,660

$                15,320

$                  53,620

Maintenance

$                           -  

$                          -  

$              (66,060)

$                21,620

$                  44,440

Total Cost after allocation

$                           -  

$                          -  

$                          -  

$              317,940

$                661,060


Related Solutions

The Ferre Publishing Company has three service departments and two operating departments. Selected data from a...
The Ferre Publishing Company has three service departments and two operating departments. Selected data from a recent period on the five departments follow: Service Departments Operating Departments Administrative Janitorial Maintenance Binding Printing Total   Costs $93,300 $66,200 $44,800 $248,300 $490,600 $943,200   Number of employees 60 90 260 630 320 1,360   Square feet of space occupied 3,100 11,800 8,800 10,400 68,900 103,000   Hours of press time 9,600 28,200 37,800 Required: Assuming that the company uses the direct method rather than the step-down...
Arbon Company has three service departments and two operating departments. Selected data concerning the five departments...
Arbon Company has three service departments and two operating departments. Selected data concerning the five departments are presented below: Service Departments Operating Departments Administrative Janitorial Equipment Maintenance Prep Finishing Total   Costs $ 92,000 $ 67,800 $ 36,000 $ 256,100 $ 498,600 $ 950,500   Number of employees 80 60 240 600 300 1,280   Square metres of space occupied 300 1,200 1,000 2,000 7,000 11,500   Machine-hours 26,000 54,000 80,000      The company allocates service department costs by the step-down method in the following...
Woodbury Hospital has three service departments and three operating departments. Estimated cost and operating data for...
Woodbury Hospital has three service departments and three operating departments. Estimated cost and operating data for all departments in the hospital for the forthcoming quarter are presented in the table below: Service Departments Operating Departments Housekeeping Services Food Services Administrative Services Laboratory Radiology General Hospital Total Total cost $107,000 $341,060 $289,020 $455,900 $600,500 $545,800 $2,339,280 Meals served 2,800 6,000 3,000 80,000 91,800 Square feet of space 7,000 19,000 10,500 16,000 9,500 128,000 190,000 Files processed 24,000 17,000 45,000 86,000 The...
Woodbury Hospital has three service departments and three operating departments. Estimated cost and operating data for...
Woodbury Hospital has three service departments and three operating departments. Estimated cost and operating data for all departments in the hospital for the forthcoming quarter are presented in the table below: Service Departments Operating Departments Housekeeping Services Food Services Administrative Services Laboratory Radiology General Hospital Total Total cost $93,000 $313,060 $261,020 $420,900 $544,500 $496,800 $2,129,280 Meals served 1,400 3,200 1,600 71,600 77,800 Square feet of space 5,600 14,800 7,700 11,800 8,100 114,000 162,000 Files processed 17,000 10,000 31,000 58,000 The...
Woodbury Hospital has three service departments and three operating departments. Estimated cost and operating data for...
Woodbury Hospital has three service departments and three operating departments. Estimated cost and operating data for all departments in the hospital for the forthcoming quarter are presented in the table below: Service Departments Operating Departments Housekeeping Services Food Services Administrative Services Laboratory Radiology General Hospital Total Total cost $105,000 $337,060 $285,020 $450,900 $592,500 $538,800 $2,309,280 Meals served 2,600 5,600 2,800 78,800 89,800 Square feet of space 6,800 18,400 10,100 15,400 9,300 126,000 186,000 Files processed 23,000 16,000 43,000 82,000 The...
Andy Corp. has two service departments and two operating departments. The company allocates service departmental costs...
Andy Corp. has two service departments and two operating departments. The company allocates service departmental costs to operating departments using the step-down method. Operating data for these departments for last year are as follows: Service Departments Operating Departments Personnel Maintenance Assembly Machining Departmental costs $144,000 $84,000 $12,000 $34,000 Number of employees 35 30 90 60 Machine-hours 0 0 330 170 Personnel costs are allocated first on the basis of number of employees and Maintenance costs are allocated second on the...
Andy Corp. has two service departments and two operating departments. The company allocates service departmental costs...
Andy Corp. has two service departments and two operating departments. The company allocates service departmental costs to operating departments using the step-down method. Operating data for these departments for last year are as follows: Service Departments Operating Departments Personnel Maintenance Assembly Machining Departmental costs $144,000 $84,000 $12,000 $34,000 Number of employees 35 30 90 60 Machine-hours 0 0 210 290 Personnel costs are allocated first on the basis of number of employees and Maintenance costs are allocated second on the...
BluStar Company has two service departments, Administration and Accounting, and two operating departments, Domestic and International....
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 – 21 46 33 Transactions 35,000 – 18,000 72,000 Department direct costs $ 361,000 $ 142,000 $ 950,000 $ 3,680,000 Required: a. Allocate the cost of the service departments to the operating...
BluStar Company has two service departments, Administration and Accounting, and two operating departments, Domestic and International....
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...
BluStar Company has two service departments, Administration and Accounting, and two operating departments, Domestic and International....
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 — 25 15 60 Transactions 50,000 — 10,000 40,000 Department direct costs $ 58,000 $ 24,500 $ 159,750 $ 597,000 BluStar estimates that the cost structure in its operations is as follows....
ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT