riginal cost lling hours used umber of employees hours used Billing $70,000 $119,000 2 HR 100 2 200 IT $95,000 1 200 Advisory $558,000 $837,000 $298,000 Audit 2,000 12 900 Tax 1,400 15 600 600 3 300 Totals $1,977,000 4,000 35 2,300
riginal cost lling hours used umber of employees hours used Billing $70,000 $119,000 2 HR 100 2 200 IT $95,000 1 200 Advisory $558,000 $837,000 $298,000 Audit 2,000 12 900 Tax 1,400 15 600 600 3 300 Totals $1,977,000 4,000 35 2,300
Chapter1: Financial Statements And Business Decisions
Section: Chapter Questions
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Transcribed Image Text:Original cost
Billing hours used
Number of employees
IT hours used
(a)
$
Support Departments
Billing
$70,000 $119,000
Audit
Your answer is incorrect.
2
100
HR
$
2
200
IT
$95,000
Tax
1
200
Operating Departments
Audit
Operating Divisions
$558,000
$
2,000
12
900
Tax
Advisory
$837,000 $298,000
1,400
15
Advisory
600
600
Rank the three support departments by their original costs, and then allocate the support department 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.)
3
300
$
Totals
$1,977,000
4,000
35
2,300
Total

Transcribed Image Text:As the managing partner of Swifty Accounting Services, 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. 1) Rank the three support departments by their original costs, and then allocate the support department 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.) 2) 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, eg. 15.2516 and final answers to 2 decimal places, eg 15.25)
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