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Zachary Trust Corporation has two service departments: actuary and economic analysis. Zachary also has three operating...
Zachary Trust Corporation has two service departments: actuary
and economic analysis. Zachary also has three operating
departments: annuity, fund management, and employee benefit
services. The annual costs of operating the service departments are
$668,200 for actuary and $1,002,300 for economic analysis. Zachary
uses the direct method to allocate service center costs to
operating departments. Other relevant data follow.
| Operating Costs* | Revenue | |||||
| Annuity | $ | 690,000 | $ | 681,000 | ||
| Fund management | 1,090,000 | 1,380,000 | ||||
| Employee benefit services | 790,000 | 1,280,000 | ||||
*The operating costs are measured before allocating service center costs.
Required
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Use operating costs as the cost driver for allocating service center costs to operating departments.
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Use revenue as the cost driver for allocating service center costs to operating departments.
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departments. Selected data concerning the five departments are
presented below:
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Operating Departments
Administrative
Janitorial
Equipment
Maintenance
Prep
Finishing
Total
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$
92,000
$
67,800
$
36,000
$
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$
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$
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60
240
600
300
1,280
Square metres of space occupied
300
1,200
1,000
2,000
7,000
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54,000
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Operating Departments
Housekeeping Services
Food Services
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Laboratory
Radiology
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$289,020
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$600,500
$545,800
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6,000
3,000
80,000
91,800
Square feet of space
7,000
19,000
10,500
16,000
9,500
128,000
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17,000
45,000
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Housekeeping Services
Food Services
Administrative Services
Laboratory
Radiology
General Hospital
Total
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$261,020
$420,900
$544,500
$496,800
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3,200
1,600
71,600
77,800
Square feet of space
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14,800
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11,800
8,100
114,000
162,000
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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
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$285,020
$450,900
$592,500
$538,800
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5,600
2,800
78,800
89,800
Square feet of space
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18,400
10,100
15,400
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186,000
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Administration
Janitorial
Maintenance
Binding
Printing
Total
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$73,000
$44,000
$245,000
$545,000
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112
80
320
800
400
1,712
Square feet of space
occupied
3,000
12,000
10,000
20,000
70,000
115,000
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37,000
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Operating
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Administrative
Janitorial
Maintenance
Binding
Printing
Total
Costs
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$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
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data for each of the service departments for the previous period
follow.
Repairs
HR
IT
M1
M2
Repairs
—
0
%
0
%
40
%
60
%
HR
10
%
—
20
%
35
%
35
%
IT
0
%
10
%
—
20
%
70
%
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for these departments for last year are as follows: Service
Departments Operating Departments Personnel Maintenance Assembly
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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...
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