Chapter1: Financial Statements And Business Decisions
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![Elm Co has two service departments serving two production departments. Overhead costs apportioned to
each department are as follows.
Production 1
Production 2
Service 1
Service 2
97,428
84,947
9,384
15,823
Service 1 department is expected to work a total of 40,000 hours for the other departments, divided as
follows.
Hours
Production 1
Production 2
Service 2
20,000
15,000
5,000
Service 2 department is expected to work a total of 12,000 hours for the other departments, divided as
follows.
Production 1
Production 2
Service 1
Hours
3,000
8,000
1,000
Required
The finance director has asked you to reapportion the costs of the two service departments using the
direct method of apportionment.
When you show the finance director how you have reapportioned the costs of the two service departments,
they say 'Did I say that we used the direct method? Well, I meant to say the step down method.
Required
Prove to the finance director that you know how to use the step down method. (Note. Apportion the
overheads of Service 1 department first.)](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F8705e1cd-9ebb-4e01-b4e5-d4c2dd3a2562%2F5ae2e37d-7325-437a-bc41-02d4d9362e0d%2Fkcckih9_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:Elm Co has two service departments serving two production departments. Overhead costs apportioned to
each department are as follows.
Production 1
Production 2
Service 1
Service 2
97,428
84,947
9,384
15,823
Service 1 department is expected to work a total of 40,000 hours for the other departments, divided as
follows.
Hours
Production 1
Production 2
Service 2
20,000
15,000
5,000
Service 2 department is expected to work a total of 12,000 hours for the other departments, divided as
follows.
Production 1
Production 2
Service 1
Hours
3,000
8,000
1,000
Required
The finance director has asked you to reapportion the costs of the two service departments using the
direct method of apportionment.
When you show the finance director how you have reapportioned the costs of the two service departments,
they say 'Did I say that we used the direct method? Well, I meant to say the step down method.
Required
Prove to the finance director that you know how to use the step down method. (Note. Apportion the
overheads of Service 1 department first.)
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