In: Accounting
University Printers has two service departments (Maintenance and Personnel) and two operating departments (Printing and Developing). Management has decided to allocate maintenance costs on the basis of machine-hours in each department and personnel costs on the basis of labor-hours worked by the employees in each.
The following data appear in the company records for the current period:
Maintenance | Personnel | Printing | Developing | |||||||||
Machine-hours | — | 2,000 | 2,000 | 4,000 | ||||||||
Labor-hours | 900 | — | 900 | 2,100 | ||||||||
Department direct costs | $ | 3,600 | $ | 13,600 | $ | 14,200 | $ | 12,600 | ||||
Required:
Allocate the service department costs using the step method, starting with the Maintenance Department. (Negative amounts should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculations.)