Morris Manufacturing Company has two support departments,
Maintenance Department (MD) and Personnel Department (PD), and two
line departments, X and Y. The cost driver in MD is service hours.
The cost driver in PD is number of employees. Plan data for the
departments, including service hours used by each department, is
shown below. Using the direct method, what is plan PD cost assigned
to Department Y?
MD PD X Y
service hours -- 75 600 300
employees 50 100 150 150
labor hours 125 125 500 250
plan cost (000s) $30 $4.5 $9 $15
The cost driver in PD is number of employees.
Hence, plan PD cost will be allocated to departments on the basis of number of employees.
Number of employees in department X = 150
Number of employees in department Y = 150
Total number of employees in departments X and Y = Number of employees in department X + Number of employees in department Y
= 150 + 150
= 300
Plan PD cost assigned to Department Y = Plan PD cost x Number of employees in department Y/Total number of employees in departments X and Y
= 4,500 x 150/300
= $2,250
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