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Company X has two main departments – A and B - and two support departments - HR and Maintenance. The company allocates support department costs in both departments using headcount as a basis for allocation, as per the following data:
|
HR
|
Maintenance
|
Dept A
|
Dept B
|
total cost before allocation $
|
$9185400
|
$165352
|
$420372
|
$632412
|
headcount (number of employees)
|
50
|
75
|
225
| |
maintenance hours
|
800
|
|
1290
|
600
|
Compute the costs allocated
by HR to the Maintenance department, using
both direct method and step down method (assuming that HR is the first department to be considered in the allocation).