Determine the total costs that each operating segment would be accountable for if the step method is used to allocate supportcosts; assume support departments are ranked according to their original cost. (Round intermediate calculations to 4 decimal places,e.g. 15.2516 and final answers to 2 decimal places, e.g. 15.25.)Total costs $Operating SegmentsInstitutionalTaythank and Media.776887.5Retail468712.5 Novak Juice Company produces and distributes concentrated orange juice. It has been operating in two key customer segments foryears, selling to institutional customers and retail customers. The production departments are supported by the following threeservices: Administrative, Information Systems, and Maintenance. To date, the accounting team has simply allocated the support costsevenly between the two operating segments in order to determine total costs. Realizing that there are more accurate ways ofassigning these costs, the new controller has asked you to prepare support department cost allocations using three other (andarguably more accurate) methods. Financial information is as follows.Original costsProportion of Administrative hoursusedProportion of Information Systemshours usedProportion of Maintenance hoursusedAdministrative$77,0000.200.10Support DepartmentsInformation:Systems$110,6000.100.10Maintenance$57,0000.100.10Operating SegmentsInstitutional:$649,000 $352,0000.450.40Retail0.300.350.300.50

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Determine the total costs that each operating segment would be accountable for if the step method is used to allocate support costs; assume support departments are ranked according to their original cost. (Round intermediate calculations to 4 decimal places, e.g. 15.2516 and final answers to 2 decimal places, e.g. 15.25.) Total costs. $ Operating Segments Institutional 776887.5 Retail 468712.5

Determine the total costs that each operating segment would be accountable for if the step method is used to allocate support costs; assume support departments are ranked according to their original cost. (Round intermediate calculations to 4 decimal places, e.g. 15.2516 and final answers to 2 decimal places, e.g. 15.25.) Total costs. $ Operating Segments Institutional 776887.5 Retail 468712.5

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Chapter7: Allocating Costs Of Support Departments And Joint Products

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