Stephanie Company
Stephanie Company has two production departments: D and J. Stephanie also has 3 service departments: Personnel, Administration, and Shipping. Shipping costs are allocated on the basis of number of packages, while Personnel and Administration costs are allocated using number of employees. Assume that the ranking of the benefits provided is in the order listed below.
Department |
Costs |
Employees |
# of Packages |
Personnel |
$400,000 |
6 |
3,000 |
Administration |
800,000 |
20 |
4,000 |
Shipping |
700,000 |
12 |
24,500 |
D |
500,000 |
10 |
5,000 |
J |
400,000 |
15 |
6,000 |
Refer to Stephanie Company. Using the direct method, what amount of personnel costs is allocated to Department J (rounded to the nearest $)?
a. |
$120,000 |
b. |
$240,000 |
c. |
$300,000 |
d. |
$360,000 |
Refer to Stephanie Company. Using the step method, what amount of Personnel costs is allocated to Department D (rounded to the nearest $)?
a. |
$ 70,175 |
b. |
$105,263 |
c. |
$157,895 |
d. |
$240,000 |
Refer to Stephanie Company. Using the step method, what amount of Shipping costs is allocated to Department J (rounded to the nearest $)?
a. |
$ 97,561 |
b. |
$216,216 |
c. |
$280,000 |
d. |
$643,784 |
1) Personnel cost allocated to department J under direct method = 400000*15/25 = 240000
So answer is b) $240000
2) Personnel cost allocated to department D under step method = 400000*10/57 = 70175
So answer is a) $70175
3) Personnel cost allocated to shipping = 400000*12/57 = 84211
Personnel cost allocated to administration = 400000*20/57 = 140351
Administrative cost allocated to shipping = (140351+800000)*12/37 = 304979
Shipping cost = 84211+304979+700000 = 1089190
Shipping cost allocated to department J = 1089190*6000/11000 =
So answer is d) $643784
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