Allocate support costs using the step-down method, with personnel costs allocated first. (Round percentages to 4 decimal places, e.g. 15.2574% and other answers to 0 decimal places, e.g. 125. Enter negative amounts using either a negative sign preceding the number e.g. -45 or parentheses e.g. (45).)
Process Costing
Process costing is a sort of operation costing which is employed to determine the value of a product at each process or stage of producing process, applicable where goods produced from a series of continuous operations or procedure.
Job Costing
Job costing is adhesive costs of each and every job involved in the production processes. It is an accounting measure. It is a method which determines the cost of specific jobs, which are performed according to the consumer’s specifications. Job costing is possible only in businesses where the production is done as per the customer’s requirement. For example, some customers order to manufacture furniture as per their needs.
ABC Costing
Cost Accounting is a form of managerial accounting that helps the company in assessing the total variable cost so as to compute the cost of production. Cost accounting is generally used by the management so as to ensure better decision-making. In comparison to financial accounting, cost accounting has to follow a set standard ad can be used flexibly by the management as per their needs. The types of Cost Accounting include – Lean Accounting, Standard Costing, Marginal Costing and Activity Based Costing.
Sandhill Company has two service departments (personnel and financial) that provide services for one another as well as for two production departments, assembly and finishing. Data for the month follow:
Personnel | Financial | Assembly | Finishing | ||||||||||
Employees | 6 | 8 | 18 | 16 | |||||||||
Payroll | $16,200 | $12,900 | $29,600 | $28,200 |
Personnel department costs were $79,700, and financial department costs were $44,300. Sandhill uses employees as the allocation base for personnel department costs and payroll costs for financial department costs
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![Allocate support costs using the step-down method, with personnel costs allocated first. (Round percentages to 4 decimal places, e.g.
15.2574% and other answers to 0 decimal places, e.g. 125. Enter negative amounts using either a negative sign preceding the number e.g.
-45 or parentheses e.g. (45).)
Support Departments
Personnel
Financial
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Allocation Bases
Number of employees
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Payroll costs
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Directly assigned costs
Step 1: Personnel department costs
Step 2: Financial department costs
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