Question

University Printers has two service departments (Maintenance and Personnel) and two operating departments (Printing and Developing). Management has decided to allocate maintenance costs on the basis of machine-hours in each department and personnel costs on the basis of labor-hours worked by the employees in each.The following data appear in the company records for the current period:Maintenance Personnel Printing DevelopingMachine-hours — 1,700 1,700 5,100 Labor-hours 700 — 700 2,800 Department direct costs $ 2,400 $ 12,400 $ 14,100 $ 11,000 Required:Use the direct method to allocate these service department costs to the operating departments. (Negative amounts should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculations.)

Answer 1

Answer: a. $600 Maintenance costs to Printing

$1,800 Maintenance costs to Developing

b. $2,480 Personnel costs to Printing

$9,920 Personnel costs to Developing

Explanation:

The Direct method as mentioned, allocates the service department costs to the Operating Departments.

Overheads from the Service Departments will not be allocated to the each other. In other words, Maintenance costs will not be allocated to Personnel and Vice Versa.

a. Allocating Maintenance Costs

Maintenance Cost is $2,400 which is to be allocated on the basis is machine hours.

Printing had 1,700 in Machine hours.

Their allocation is,

= 1,700 / ( total machine hours in the two operating Department) * $2,400

= 1,700 / (1,700 + 5,100) * 2,400

= 1,700 / 6,800 * 2,400

= $600 Maintenance costs to Printing

Developing had 5,100 machine hours

= 5,100 / 6,800 * 2,400

= $1,800 Maintenance costs to Developing

b. Allocating Personnel Costs

Maintenance Cost is $12,400 which is to be allocated on the basis is labour hours.

Printing had 700 in labor hours.

Their allocation is,

= 700 / ( total machine hours in the two operating Department) * $12,400

= 700 / ( 700 + 2,800) * 12,400

= 700 / 3,500 * 12,400

= $2,480 Personnel costs to Printing.

Developing had 2,800 machine hours.

= 2,800 / 3,500 * 12,400

= $9,920 Personnel costs to Developing