Cost Department Allocations In divisional income statements prepared for Demopolis Company, the Payroll Department costs are charged back to user divisions on the basis of the number of payroll distributions, and the Purchasing Department costs are charged back on the basis of the number of purchase requisitions. The Payroll Department had expenses of $64,560, and the Purchasing Department had expenses of $40,000 for the year. The following annual data for Residential, Commercial, and Government Contract divisions were obtained from corporate records: Residential Commercial Government Contract Sales $2,000,000 $3,250,000 $2,900,000 Number of employees: Weekly payroll (52 weeks per year) 400 250 150 Monthly payroll 80 30 10 Number of purchase requisitions per year 7,500 3,000 2,000 Required: a. Determine the total amount of payroll checks and purchase requisitions processed per year by the company and each division. Residential Commercial Government Contract Total Number of payroll checks: Weekly payroll × 52 fill in the blank 1 fill in the blank 2 fill in the blank 3 Monthly payroll × 12 fill in the blank 4 fill in the blank 5 fill in the blank 6 Total fill in the blank 7 fill in the blank 8 fill in the blank 9 fill in the blank 10 Number of purchase requisitions per year fill in the blank 11 fill in the blank 12 fill in the blank 13 fill in the blank 14 b. Using the cost driver information in (a), determine the annual amount of payroll and purchasing costs allocated to the Residential, Commercial, and Government Contract divisions from payroll and purchasing services. Do not round interim calculations. Round your answers to two decimal places. Support department allocation rates: Payroll Department $fill in the blank 15 per distribution Purchasing Department $fill in the blank 16 per requisition Residential Commercial Government Contract Total Support department allocations: Payroll Department $fill in the blank 17 $fill in the blank 18 $fill in the blank 19 $fill in the blank 20 Purchasing Department fill in the blank 21 fill in the blank 22 fill in the blank 23 fill in the blank 24 Total $fill in the blank 25 $fill in the blank 26 $fill in the blank 27 c. Residential's support department allocations are than the other two divisions because Residential is a user of support department services. Residential has many employees on a weekly payroll, which translates into a number of payroll transactions.

Cost Department Allocations

In divisional income statements prepared for Demopolis Company, the Payroll Department costs are charged back to user divisions on the basis of the number of payroll distributions, and the Purchasing Department costs are charged back on the basis of the number of purchase requisitions. The Payroll Department had expenses of $64,560, and the Purchasing Department had expenses of $40,000 for the year. The following annual data for Residential, Commercial, and Government Contract divisions were obtained from corporate records:

Required:

a.  Determine the total amount of payroll checks and purchase requisitions processed per year by the company and each division.

b.  Using the cost driver information in (a), determine the annual amount of payroll and purchasing costs allocated to the Residential, Commercial, and Government Contract divisions from payroll and purchasing services. Do not round interim calculations. Round your answers to two decimal places.

c.  Residential's support department allocations are   than the other two divisions because Residential is a   user of support department services. Residential has many employees on a weekly payroll, which translates into a   number of payroll transactions.