Reference no: EM132561779
The Cutright Company has a small factory with two service departments, Power and Maintenance, and two producing departments, Cutting and Assembly.
The Power Department cost is allocated on the basis of kilowatt hours, and the Maintenance Department cost is allocated on the basis of maintenance hours. The following information is available:
Power Maintenance Cutting Assembly
Departmental Cost $100,00 $40,000 $200,000 $160,000
before allocations
Kilowatt hours 50 200 600 200
Maintenance 20 30 150 100
Required:
Question 1: Using the Direct Method and Step Method, allocate the costs of the service departments to the 2 operating departments.