University Printers has two service departments (Maintenance and Personnel) and two operating departments (Printing and Developing). Management has decided to allocate maintenance costs on the basis of machine hours in each department and personnel costs on the basis of labor-hours worked by the employees in each. The following data appear in the company records for the current period: Machine-hours Labor-hour# Departnent direct costa Haintenance Pernonnel Printing Developing 4,200 3,100 $11, 700 1,400 1,400 900 900 $2, e00 $12, 800 $14, s00 Required: Use the direct method to allocate these service department costs to the operating departments. (Negative amounts should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculetions.) Maintenance Personnel Printing Developing Service department costs Maintenance allocation Personnel allocation
University Printers has two service departments (Maintenance and Personnel) and two operating departments (Printing and Developing). Management has decided to allocate maintenance costs on the basis of machine hours in each department and personnel costs on the basis of labor-hours worked by the employees in each. The following data appear in the company records for the current period: Machine-hours Labor-hour# Departnent direct costa Haintenance Pernonnel Printing Developing 4,200 3,100 $11, 700 1,400 1,400 900 900 $2, e00 $12, 800 $14, s00 Required: Use the direct method to allocate these service department costs to the operating departments. (Negative amounts should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculetions.) Maintenance Personnel Printing Developing Service department costs Maintenance allocation Personnel allocation
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Transcribed Image Text:University Printers has two service departments (Maintenance and Personnel) and two operating departments (Printing and
Developing). Management has decided to allocate maintenance costs on the basis of machine hours in each department and
personnel costs on the basis of labor-hours worked by the employees in each.
The following data appear in the company records for the current period:
Maintenance Pernonnel Printing Developing
1,400
Machine-hours
1,400
900
4, 200
Labor-hour
Department direct costs
900
62, e00
3,100
$11, 700
$12, 800
$14, 500
Required:
Use the direct method to allocate these service department costs to the operating departments. (Negative amounts should be
indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculations.)
Maintenance Personnet Printing Developing
Service department costs
Maintenance allocation
Personnel allocation
Total costs allocated
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