The following departmental information is for the four departments at Samoa Industries. Departmental Total Cost Cost Driver Square Feet Number of Employees Janitorial $150,000 Square footage serviced 200 40 Cafeteria 50,000 Number of employees 20,000 12 Cutting 1,125,000 4,000 120 Assembly 1,100,000 16,000 40 The Janitorial and Cafeteria departments are support departments. Samoa uses the sequential method to allocate support department costs, first allocating the costs from the Janitorial Department to the Cafeteria, Cutting, and Assembly departments. Question Content Area 1. Determine the dollar amount of the Janitorial Department costs to be allocated to the (a) Cafeteria, (b) Cutting, and (c) Assembly departments. Department Amount a. Cafeteria Department fill in the blank 1 of 3$ b. Cutting Department fill in the blank 2 of 3$ c. Assembly Department fill in the blank 3 of 3$ Question Content Area 2. Determine the dollar amount of the Cafeteria Department costs to be allocated to the (a) Cutting and (b) Assembly departments. a. Cutting Department fill in the blank 1 of 2$ b. Assembly Department fill in the blank 2 of 2$

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Chapter5: Support Department And Joint Cost Allocation

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Problem 10E: Support department cost allocation comparison Refer to your answers to Exercises 7-9. Compare the...

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Departmental	Total Cost	Cost Driver	Square Feet	Number of Employees
Janitorial	$150,000	Square footage serviced	200	40
Cafeteria	50,000	Number of employees	20,000	12
Cutting	1,125,000		4,000	120
Assembly	1,100,000		16,000	40

Question Content Area

1. Determine the dollar amount of the Janitorial Department costs to be allocated to the (a) Cafeteria, (b) Cutting, and (c) Assembly departments.

Department	Amount
a. Cafeteria Department	fill in the blank 1 of 3$
b. Cutting Department	fill in the blank 2 of 3$
c. Assembly Department	fill in the blank 3 of 3$

Question Content Area

2. Determine the dollar amount of the Cafeteria Department costs to be allocated to the (a) Cutting and (b) Assembly departments.

a. Cutting Department fill in the blank 1 of 2$
b. Assembly Department fill in the blank 2 of 2$

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