As the managing partner of Bramble Accounting Services (HAS), Adam is trying to compare the profitability results of the firm's three different business lines: Audit, Tax, and Advisory Services. These three operating divisions are supported by three support departments: Billing, Human Resources, and IT. The cost drivers (or allocation bases) for each of the support departments, along with each department's usage of those services and its own original costs, are as follows. Original cost Billing hours used Support Departments Billing $71,000 HR $116,000 IT $94,000 Operating Divisions Audit Advisory $538,000 $800,000 $319,000 2.000 Tax 1.400 600 Totals $1,938,000 4.000
As the managing partner of Bramble Accounting Services (HAS), Adam is trying to compare the profitability results of the firm's three different business lines: Audit, Tax, and Advisory Services. These three operating divisions are supported by three support departments: Billing, Human Resources, and IT. The cost drivers (or allocation bases) for each of the support departments, along with each department's usage of those services and its own original costs, are as follows. Original cost Billing hours used Support Departments Billing $71,000 HR $116,000 IT $94,000 Operating Divisions Audit Advisory $538,000 $800,000 $319,000 2.000 Tax 1.400 600 Totals $1,938,000 4.000
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Transcribed Image Text:As the managing partner of Bramble Accounting Services (HAS), Adam is trying to compare the profitability results of the firm's three
different business lines: Audit, Tax, and Advisory Services. These three operating divisions are supported by three support
departments: Billing, Human Resources, and IT. The cost drivers (or allocation bases) for each of the support departments, along with
each department's usage of those services and its own original costs, are as follows.
Original cost
Billing hours used
Number of employees
IT hours used
Support Departments
Billing
$71,000
2
100
HR
$116,000
2
200
IT
$94,000
1
200
Audit
Operating Divisions
$538,000 $800,000
2,000
12
Tax
900
1,400
15
600
Advisory
$319,000
600
3
300
Totals
$1,938,000
4,000
35
2,300

Transcribed Image Text:Rank the three support departments based on the percentage of their service provided to other support departments, and then
allocate their costs using the step method. (Round intermediate calculations to 4 decimal places, e.g. 15.2516 and final answers to 2
decimal places, e.g. 15.25.)
Total
Audit
LA
Tax
tA
$
Advisory
tA
Total
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