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

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Question

The managers of Rochester Manufacturing are discussing ways to allocate the costs 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 costs before allocation

$350,000

$200,000

$400,000

$300,000

$1,250,000

Budgeted machine hours

--

--

50,000

--

50,000

Budgeted direct labor hours

---

---

--

25,000

25,000

Budgeted hours of service:

   Quality control

---

7,000

21,000

7,000

35,000

   Maintenance

10,000

---

18,000

12,000

40,000

If Rochester uses the direct method of allocating service department costs, the total service costs allocated to the assembly department would be:

A) $80,000

B) $87,500

C) $120,000

D) $167,500

Please Show All Steps. Thank You.

Quality Control

Maintenance

Machining

Assembly

Total

Budgeted overhead costs before allocation

$350,000

$200,000

$400,000

$300,000

$1,250,000

Budgeted machine hours

--

--

50,000

--

50,000

Budgeted direct labor hours

---

---

--

25,000

25,000

Budgeted hours of service:

   Quality control

---

7,000

21,000

7,000

35,000

   Maintenance

10,000

---

18,000

12,000

40,000

Explanation / Answer

Solution: $167,500

Explanation: 167,500 = 87,500 + 80,000

Machining Assembly

Quality control

$350,000 (21/28 * $350,000) = $262,500 (7/28 * $350,000) = $87,500

Maintenance

$200,000 (18/30 * $200,000) = $120,000 (12/30 * $200,000) = $80,000

$382,500 $167,500