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Support department cost allocation-reciprocal services method Davis Snowflake & Co. produces Christmas stockings in its Cutting and Sewing departments. The Maintenance and Security departments support the production of the stockings. Costs from the Maintenance Department are allocated based on machine hours, and costs from the Security Department are allocated based on asset value. Information about each department is provided in the following table: Maintenance Department 800 $2,000 $37,440 Security Department Production departments total costs Machine hours 2,000 Asset value $1,390 Department cost $16,640 Determine the total cost of each production department after allocating all support department costs to the production departments using the reciprocal services method Cutting Department Cutting Department 8,400 $3,000 $60,000 Sewing Department Sewing Department 9,600 $5,000 $78,000

Support department cost allocation-reciprocal services method Davis Snowflake & Co. produces Christmas stockings in its Cutting and Sewing departments. The Maintenance and Security departments support the production of the stockings. Costs from the Maintenance Department are allocated based on machine hours, and costs from the Security Department are allocated based on asset value. Information about each department is provided in the following table: Maintenance Department 800 $2,000 $37,440 Security Department Production departments total costs Machine hours 2,000 Asset value $1,390 Department cost $16,640 Determine the total cost of each production department after allocating all support department costs to the production departments using the reciprocal services method Cutting Department Cutting Department 8,400 $3,000 $60,000 Sewing Department Sewing Department 9,600 $5,000 $78,000

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