The Michigan Company provides the following selected data about its three service and two operating departments:   Production Dept1 Production Dept2 Service Dept 1 Service Dept 2 Overhead costs 200,000 267,000 180,000 105,000 Number of Employees 315 210 60 35 Square feet of space occupied 40,000 100,000 5,000 10,000 Hours of press time 15,000 30,000 0 0 Direct labor hours 10,000 20,000 0 0 Machine hours 50,000 60,000       The order and bases for allocating service department costs is given below: SD1; allocation base is number of employees SD2; Allocation base is space occupied Assume that PD1 and PD2 both use direct labor hours for computing OH rate.   Using the Direct method of allocation, how much OH rate must be assigned to PD1? Using the Step Method of allocation, how much OH rate must be assigned to PD2? Using the Step Method, how much is the cost of SD1 to be allocated to PD2?

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The Michigan Company provides the following selected data about its three service and two operating departments:

 

Production Dept1

Production Dept2

Service Dept 1

Service Dept 2

Overhead costs

200,000

267,000

180,000

105,000

Number of Employees

315

210

60

35

Square feet of space occupied

40,000

100,000

5,000

10,000

Hours of press time

15,000

30,000

0

0

Direct labor hours

10,000

20,000

0

0

Machine hours

50,000

60,000

 

 

 

The order and bases for allocating service department costs is given below:

SD1; allocation base is number of employees

SD2; Allocation base is space occupied

Assume that PD1 and PD2 both use direct labor hours for computing OH rate.

 

  1. Using the Direct method of allocation, how much OH rate must be assigned to PD1?
  2. Using the Step Method of allocation, how much OH rate must be assigned to PD2?
  3. Using the Step Method, how much is the cost of SD1 to be allocated to PD2?
  4. Using the Step Method, how much is the total OH cost of PD1 after allocation?
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