The Ferre Publishing Company has three service departments and two operating departments. Selected data from a recent period on the five departments follow:. Service Departments Operating Departments
Administration Janitorial Maintenance Binding Printing Total
Costs $168,000 $126,000 $57,600 $330,000 $516,000 $1,197,600
Number of employees 60 35 140 315 210 760
Square feet of space occupied 15,000 10,000 20,000 40,000 100,000 185,000
Hours of press time 30,000 60,000 90,000
Required:
Assuming that the company uses the direct method rather than the step-down method to allocate service department costs, how much cost would be assigned to each operating department? (Please enter allocations from a department as negative and allocations to a department as positive. The line should add across to zero. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to the nearest dollar amount.)

The Ferre Publishing company

Service Costs Assigned to each Operating Department:

                                Service Departments               Operating Departments

              Admin.    Janitorial    Mainten.       Binding      Printing    Total

Costs  $168,000   $126,000   $57,600     $330,000  $516,000 $1,197,600

Admin (168,000)                                             100,800     67,200     0

Janitorial                (126,000)                          36,000     90,000      0

Maintenance                            (57,600)          19,200     38,400      0

Total cost                                                    $486,000   $711,600 $1,197,600

Explanation:

a) Data and Calculations:

                                Service Departments               Operating Departments

                 Administration Janitorial Maintenance     Binding      Printing    Total

Costs          $168,000        $126,000     $57,600     $330,000  $516,000   $1,197,600

Number of

employees           60                    35              140              315         210    760

Square feet of

space occupied 15,000       10,000       20,000        40,000      100,000    185,000

Hours of

press time                                                                     30,000      60,000     90,000

Allocation bases:

Administration cost = Number of employees 525

Janitorial cost = Square feet 140,000

Maintenance cost = Hours of press time 90,000

Allocation Rates and to Operating Departments:

Administration $168,000/525 = $320 per employee

Binding = 315 * $320 = $100,800

Printing = 210 * $320 = $67,200

Janitorial costs = $126,000/140,000 = $0.90 per square feet

Binding = 40,000 * $0.90 = $36,000

Printing = 100,000 * $0.90 = $90,000

Maintenance costs = $57,600/90,000 = $0.64 per press hour

Binding = 30,000 * $0.64 = $19,200

Printing = 60,000 * $0.64 = $38,400

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