Palace Company has two service departments and two user departments. The number of employees in each department is: Personnel 10 Cafeteria 25 Producing Department A 290 Producing Department B 255 580 The fixed costs of the Personnel Department are allocated on a basis of the number of employees. If these costs are budgeted at $96,280 during a given period, the amount of cost allocated to the Cafeteria under the step method would be:

Palace Company has two service departments and two user departments. The number of employees in each department is: Personnel 10 Cafeteria 25 Producing Department A 290 Producing Department B 255 580 The fixed costs of the Personnel Department are allocated on a basis of the number of employees. If these costs are budgeted at $96,280 during a given period, the amount of cost allocated to the Cafeteria under the step method would be:

Cornerstones of Cost Management (Cornerstones Series)

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Chapter7: Allocating Costs Of Support Departments And Joint Products

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Problem 30E: A company uses charging rates to allocate service department costs to the using departments. The...

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