Problem 1 Carica Company is a manufacturer with two production departments (Machining and Assembly) as well as two support departments (Materials Requisitions and Utility Services). For the last quarter of 2020, Carica's cost records indicate the following: SUPPORT PRODUCTION Materials Utility Requisitions Services Machining Assembly Total (MR) (US) Budgeted $200,000 $1,000,000 $5,456,000 $7,458,000 $14,114,000 overhead costs before any inter- department cost allocations Support work supplied by MR 0 25% 40% 35% 100% (Number of requisitions) Support work 10% 0 30% 60% 100% supplied by US (Power costs)
Problem 1 Carica Company is a manufacturer with two production departments (Machining and Assembly) as well as two support departments (Materials Requisitions and Utility Services). For the last quarter of 2020, Carica's cost records indicate the following: SUPPORT PRODUCTION Materials Utility Requisitions Services Machining Assembly Total (MR) (US) Budgeted $200,000 $1,000,000 $5,456,000 $7,458,000 $14,114,000 overhead costs before any inter- department cost allocations Support work supplied by MR 0 25% 40% 35% 100% (Number of requisitions) Support work 10% 0 30% 60% 100% supplied by US (Power costs)
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1. Compare and explain differences in the support-department costs allocated to each
production department.
2. What approaches might be used to decide the sequence in which to allocate support
departments when using the step-down method?
![Problem 1
Carica Company is a manufacturer with two production departments (Machining and
Assembly) as well as two support departments (Materials Requisitions and Utility Services).
For the last quarter of 2020, Carica's cost records indicate the following:
SUPPORT
PRODUCTION
Materials Utility
Requisitions Services
Machining
Assembly
Total
(MR)
(US)
Budgeted
$200,000
$1,000,000 $5,456,000 $7,458,000 $14,114,000
overhead costs
before any inter-
department cost
allocations
Support work
supplied by MR
0
25%
40%
35%
100%
(Number of
requisitions)
Support work
10%
0
30%
60%
100%
supplied by US
(Power costs)](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Fad0ebfe9-34e5-496e-87e2-1620f8a73549%2Fb635c6aa-6525-4468-95d4-1f768c450138%2Fvfdiml_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
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Carica Company is a manufacturer with two production departments (Machining and
Assembly) as well as two support departments (Materials Requisitions and Utility Services).
For the last quarter of 2020, Carica's cost records indicate the following:
SUPPORT
PRODUCTION
Materials Utility
Requisitions Services
Machining
Assembly
Total
(MR)
(US)
Budgeted
$200,000
$1,000,000 $5,456,000 $7,458,000 $14,114,000
overhead costs
before any inter-
department cost
allocations
Support work
supplied by MR
0
25%
40%
35%
100%
(Number of
requisitions)
Support work
10%
0
30%
60%
100%
supplied by US
(Power costs)
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