Question

Romain Surgical Hospital uses the direct method to allocate service department costs to operating departments. The hospital has two service departments, Information Technology and Administration, and two operating departments, Surgery and Recovery. Service Department Operating Department Information Technology Administration Surgery Recovery Departmental costs $ 36,294 $ 36,282 $ 522,320 $ 720,360 Computer workstations 43 20 74 64 Employees 39 25 94 47 Information Technology Department costs are allocated on the basis of computer workstations and Administration Department costs are allocated on the basis of employees. The total Surgery Department cost after service department allocations is closest to:

Answer 1

Answer:

Romain Surgical Hospital

The total Surgery Department cost after service department allocations is closest to:

$ 565,970

Explanation:

a) Data and Calculations:

                                 Service Department                  Operating Department

              Information Technology    Administration   Surgery     Recovery

Departmental costs $ 36,294              $ 36,282    $ 522,320   $ 720,360

Computer workstations 43                       20                 74               64

Employees                      39                       25                94               47

Information Technology costs allocated based on the Computer workstations $36,294/138 = $263 per workstation

Administration costs allocated based on the number of employees:

$36,282/141 = $257.32

Direct Allocation of Service Departments' Costs:

                                 Service Department                  Operating Department

              Information Technology    Administration   Surgery     Recovery

Departmental costs $ 36,294              $ 36,282    $ 522,320   $ 720,360

Information Techn.     (36,294)                 0                   19,462          16,832

Administration                 0                     (36,282)          24,188          12,094

Total costs                       0                        0            $ 565,970    $ 749,286