Bens Corporation has three service departments (Repairs, HR, and
IT) and two production departments (M1 and M2). The following usage
data for each of the service departments for the previous period
follow.
Repairs | HR | IT | M1 | M2 | |||||||||||
Repairs | — | 0 | % | 0 | % | 40 | % | 60 | % | ||||||
HR | 10 | % | — | 20 | % | 35 | % | 35 | % | ||||||
IT | 0 | % | 10 | % | — | 20 | % | 70 | % | ||||||
The direct costs of the service departments in the previous period were $56,000 for Repairs, $75,600 for HR, and $126,000 for IT.
Required:
Use the step method to allocate the service department costs to the production departments. Allocate HR costs first, followed by IT, and then Repairs
Answer: Allocation of Costs Under Step method | |||||
Repairs | HR | IT | M1 | M2 | |
Service department costs | $56,000 | $75,600 | $126,000 | 0 | 0 |
HR allocation | $7,560 ($75,600 x 10%) |
($75,600) | $15,120 ($75,600 x 20%) |
$26,460 ($75,600 x 35%) |
$26,460 ($75,600 x 35%) |
IT allocation (20 : 70 ) |
$0 | $0 | ($141,120) ($126,000 + $15,120) |
$31,360 ($141,120 x 20 / 90) |
$109,760 ($141,120 x 70 / 90) |
Repairs allocation ( 40 : 60) |
($63,560) ($56,000 + $7,560) |
0 | 0 | $25,424 ($63,560 x 40 / 100) |
$38,136 ($63,560 x 60 / 100) |
Total Cost allocated | $0 | $0 | $0 | $83,244 | $174,356 |
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