[The following information applies to the questions displayed below.] Caro Manufacturing has two production departments, Machining and Assembly, and two service departments, Maintenance and Cafeteria. Direct costs for each department and the proportion of service costs used by the various departments for the month of August follow: Department Machining Assembly Maintenance Cafeteria Direct Costs $100,000 66,400 41,200 33,000 Proportion of Services Used by Maintenance Cafeteria 0.6 0.2 Machining 0.5 0.2 Assembly 0.3 0.2

[The following information applies to the questions displayed below.] Caro Manufacturing has two production departments, Machining and Assembly, and two service departments, Maintenance and Cafeteria. Direct costs for each department and the proportion of service costs used by the various departments for the month of August follow: Department Machining Assembly Maintenance Cafeteria Direct Costs $100,000 66,400 41,200 33,000 Proportion of Services Used by Maintenance Cafeteria 0.6 0.2 Machining 0.5 0.2 Assembly 0.3 0.2

Cornerstones of Cost Management (Cornerstones Series)

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Chapter7: Allocating Costs Of Support Departments And Joint Products

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Problem 30E: A company uses charging rates to allocate service department costs to the using departments. The...

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Caro Manufacturing has two production departments, Machining and Assembly, and two service departments, Maintenance and Cafeteria. Direct costs for each department and the proportion of service costs used by the various departments for the month of August follow: Proportion of Services Used by Department Direct Costs Maintenance Cafeteria Machining Assembly Machining $ 140,000 Assembly 71,000 Maintenance 51,000 — 0.2 0.6 0.2 Cafeteria 36,000 0.6 — 0.2 0.2 Required: Use the step method to allocate the service costs, using the following: a. The order of allocation starts with Maintenance. b. The allocations are made in the reverse order (starting with Cafeteria).