In: Accounting
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 |
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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.)
Administration |
Janitorial |
Maintenance |
Binding |
Printing |
Total |
|
Number of employees |
80 |
320 |
800 |
400 |
1600 |
|
5.00% |
20.00% |
50.00% |
25.00% |
100.00% |
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Square feet of space occupied |
10,000 |
20,000 |
70,000 |
100000 |
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10.00% |
20.00% |
70.00% |
100.00% |
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Hours of press time |
18,000 |
37,000 |
55000 |
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32.73% |
67.27% |
100.00% |
Department |
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Administration |
Janitorial |
Maintenance |
Binding |
Printing |
|
Direct Cost |
$ 72,000 |
$ 73,000 |
$ 44,000 |
$ 245,000 |
$ 545,000 |
Step Down Allocation: |
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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 |