Question 6.4                                                                                                         Krum Lawn Equipment has five departments, of which Casting and Finishing are producing departments. Maintenance, Product Movement, and Inspection are service departments. The distribution of the service departments is as follows: Service Costs                              Services provided to:  Maint.  Prod. Move.      Insp.      Cast.      Finish.                  Maintenance                                $84,000                5%             25%         50%        20%                  Product movement                    160,000                10%              5            45           40                  Inspection                                       38,000                  15                 5            20           60     Required Use the direct method to allocate the service departments' costs. Prepare a schedule showing the total costs allocated to each department.

Financial & Managerial Accounting
14th Edition
ISBN:9781337119207
Author:Carl Warren, James M. Reeve, Jonathan Duchac
Publisher:Carl Warren, James M. Reeve, Jonathan Duchac
Chapter18: Activity-Based Costing
Section: Chapter Questions
Problem 2ADM
icon
Related questions
Question

Question 6.4                                                                                                        

Krum Lawn Equipment has five departments, of which Casting and Finishing are producing departments. Maintenance, Product Movement, and Inspection are service departments. The distribution of the service departments is as follows:

Service Costs                              Services provided to:

 Maint.  Prod. Move.      Insp.      Cast.      Finish.

                 Maintenance                                $84,000                5%             25%         50%        20%

                 Product movement                    160,000                10%              5            45           40

                 Inspection                                       38,000                  15                 5            20           60

 

 

Required

  1. Use the direct method to allocate the service departments' costs. Prepare a schedule showing the total costs allocated to each department.

 

Expert Solution
steps

Step by step

Solved in 2 steps with 2 images

Blurred answer
Knowledge Booster
Cost allocation
Learn more about
Need a deep-dive on the concept behind this application? Look no further. Learn more about this topic, accounting and related others by exploring similar questions and additional content below.
Similar questions
Recommended textbooks for you
Financial & Managerial Accounting
Financial & Managerial Accounting
Accounting
ISBN:
9781337119207
Author:
Carl Warren, James M. Reeve, Jonathan Duchac
Publisher:
Cengage Learning
Financial & Managerial Accounting
Financial & Managerial Accounting
Accounting
ISBN:
9781285866307
Author:
Carl Warren, James M. Reeve, Jonathan Duchac
Publisher:
Cengage Learning