A. The Grey Manufacturing Company has two service departments: Maintenance and Accounting. The Maintenance Department's costs of $300,000 are allocated on the basis of machine hours. The Accounting Department's costs of $120,000 are allocated on the basis of the number of employees within a specific department. The direct departmental costs for A and B are $300,000 and $500,000, respectively. Maintenance Accounting A B Machine hours 480 20 2,300 200 Number of employees 2 2 8 4 What are the total service department costs allocated to Department A using the step method if the maintenance department costs are allocated first

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Allocation of service costs - Accounting

Particulars       Calculation   Maintenance  Dept A  Dept B  Total

Number of

employees           Given               2                 8           4            14

Cost to                                                                                           be allocated   $120,000 x 2/14  $17,142.86    

               $120,000 x 8/14              $68,571.43  

               $120,000 x 4/14                              $ 34,285.71$                

                                                                                     1,20,000.00

Allocation of service costs - Maintenance

Particulars  Calculation  Dept A  Dept B  Total

Machine hours  Given  2300  200  2500

Cost to be allocated  $317,142x 2300/2500  $ 2,91,771.43  

$317,142x 200/2500    $ 25,371.43  $ 3,17,142.86

Particulars  Maintenance  Accounting  Department A  Department B

Department cost before allocation  $   3,00,000.00  $   1,20,000.00  $   3,00,000.00  $ 5,00,000.00

Allocation:    

Accounting Department  $       17,142.86  $ -1,20,000.00  $      68,571.43  $      34,285.71

Balance  $   3,17,142.86  $                      -    $   3,68,571.43  $ 5,34,285.71

Maintenance Department  $ -3,17,142.86  $   2,91,771.43  $      25,371.43

Total Costs after allocation  $                      -    $   6,60,342.86  $ 5,59,657.14

B. The joint cost to be allocated to product X will be in the proportion of Net realizable value at the point of split off. Further total joint costs should be reduced by the revenue from by product Z.

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