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The managers of Crane Manufacturing are discussing ways to allocate the cost of

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Question

The managers of Crane Manufacturing are discussing ways to allocate the cost of service departments, such as quality control and maintenance, to the production departments. To aid them in this discussion, the controller has provided the following information:

   Quality Control Maintenance Machining    Assembly    Total

Budgeted overhead    $347,000 $198,000    $377,000    $316,000 $1,250,000

costs before

Allocation Budgeted machine – –    51,000    - 51,000

Hours

Budgeted direct – – – 22,000 22,000

labour hours

Budgeted hours –    6,000    18,000 6,000 30,000

of service: Quality

Control

Maintenance    9,000 – 16,200    10,800 36,000

Using the direct method, allocate the Quality Control and Maintenance costs to Machining and Assembly. (Round answers to 0 decimal places, e.g. 125. Enter negative amounts using either a negative sign preceding the number e.g. -45 or parentheses e.g. (45).)

Support Departments Operating Departments   
   Quality Control    Maintenance Machining Assembly    Total

Quality Control    ____ ______    ____ _____    ___

Maintenance ____    _____    ___    ____ ___

Direct Support Costs $___    ____    ___ ___ __

Allocations:

Quality Control    $____    ____ ___ ____    __

Maintenance    $___    ___    ___ ___    ___

TotalAllocatedCost $___    ____    ___ ___    ___

Use of service:

Quality Control    ____ ______    ____ _____    ___

Maintenance ____    _____    ___    ____ ___

Direct Support Costs $___    ____    ___ ___ __

Allocations:

Quality Control    $____    ____ ___ ____    __

Maintenance    $___    ___    ___ ___    ___

TotalAllocatedCost $___    ____    ___ ___    ___

Explanation / Answer

Solution:

From Support Department Cost Allocation - Direct Method Support Department Operating Departments Quality Control Maintenance Machining Assembly Direct charges of department $347,000 $198,000 $377,000 $316,000 Allocations: Quality control (6:30) -$347,000 $57,833 $289,167 Maintenance (16200 : 10800) -$198,000 $118,800 $79,200 Total $0 $0 $553,633 $684,367