Managerial Accounting
16th Edition
ISBN: 9781259995484
Author: Ray Garrison
Publisher: MCGRAW-HILL HIGHER EDUCATION
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Chapter 4.B, Problem 4E
EXERCISE 4B-4 Direct Method LO4-10
Refer to the data for the Ferre Publishing Company in Exercise 4B-3.
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Assuming that the company uses the direct method rather than the step-down method to allocate service department costs, how much cost would be assigned to each operating department?
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QUESTION 29
A company has two service departments (S1 and S2) and two user departments (U1 and U2). The following information is available:
Service
Department
Cost
Cost Allocation
Base
Amount of service used by
S1
S2
User Department, U1
User Department, U2
S1
$160,000
Number of Service Calls (SC)
–
25 SC
60 SC
15 SC
S2
$200,000
Computer hours (CH)
2,000 CH
–
3,000 CH
5,000 CH
Based on the direct method, how much of the service department costs will be allocated to U1?
A.
$156,000
B.
$203,000
C.
$186,000
D.
$171,000
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The following information is departmental cost allocation with two service departments and two production departments.
Percentage Service Provided to
Department
Cost
S1
S2
P1
P2
Service 1 (S1)
$
47,000
0
%
20
%
40
%
40
%
Service 2 (S2)
37,000
20
0
20
60
Production 1 (P1)
270,000
Production 2 (P2)
320,000
What is the total cost in P1 and P2 and what is the amount of service department cost allocated to P1 and P2 using the step method with S1 going first?
Chapter 4 Solutions
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