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 | $156,800 | $117,600 | $53,760 | $308,000 | $481,600 | $1,117,760 | |
Number of employees | 60 | 35 | 140 | 315 | 210 | 760 | |
Square feet of space occupied | 15,000 | 10,000 | 20,000 | 40,000 | 100,000 | 185,000 | |
Hours of press time | 30,000 | 60,000 | 90,000 | ||||
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.)
Requirement:
Service departments | Operating Departments | ||||||
Administration | Janitorial | Maintenance | Binding | Printing | Total | ||
Costs | $ 156,800 | $ 117,600 | $ 53,760 | $ 308,000 | $ 481,600 | $ 1,117,760 | |
Allocations: | |||||||
Administration costs (35:140:315:210) | $ (156,800) | $ 7,840 | $ 31,360 | $ 70,560 | $ 47,040 | ||
Janitorial costs (2:4:10) | $(125,440) | $ 15,680 | $ 31,360 | $ 78,400 | |||
Maintenance costs (3:6) | $ (100,800) | $ 33,600 | $ 67,200 | ||||
Total costs after allocation | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ 443,520 | $ 674,240 | $ 1,117,760 |
Calculation:
Service departments | Operating Departments | ||||||
Administration | Janitorial | Maintenance | Binding | Printing | Total | ||
Costs | $ 156,800 | $ 117,600 | $ 53,760 | $ 308,000 | $ 481,600 | $ 1,117,760 | |
Allocations: | |||||||
Administration costs (35:140:315:210) | $ (156,800) | 156800*35/700 | 156800*140/700 | 156800*315/700 | 156800*210/700 | ||
Janitorial costs (2:4:10) | $ (125,440) | 125440*2/16 | 125440*4/16 | 125440*10/16 | |||
Maintenance costs (3:6) | $ (100,800) | 100800*3/9 | 100800*6/9 | ||||
Total costs after allocation | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ 443,520 | $ 674,240 | $ 1,117,760 |
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