Exam 22: Service Department Charges

For performance evaluation purposes, variable service department costs should be charged to operating departments in predetermined, lump-sum amounts.

The Downstate Block Company has a trucking department that delivers crushed stone from the company's quarry to its two cement block production facilities--the West Plant and the East Plant. Budgeted costs for the trucking department are $700,000 per year in fixed costs and $0.50 per ton variable cost. Last year, 75,000 tons of crushed stone were budgeted to be delivered to the West Plant and 90,000 tons of crushed stone to the East Plant. During the year, the trucking department actually delivered 74,000 tons of crushed stone to the West Plant and 92,000 tons to the East Plant. Its actual costs for the year were $81,000 variable and $708,000 fixed. The level of budgeted fixed costs is determined by peak-period requirements. The West Plant requires 45% of the peak-period capacity and the East Plant requires 55%. The company allocates fixed and variable costs separately. How much variable trucking department cost should be charged to the West Plant at the end of the year?

Smurnov Company has a purchasing department that provides services to two factories located in Austin and the other in Belmont. Budgeted costs for the purchasing department consist of $91,000 per year of fixed costs and $7 per purchase order for variable costs. The level of budgeted fixed costs is determined by the peak-period requirements. The Austin factory requires 3/7 of the peak-period capacity and the Belmont factory requires 4/7. During the year, 2,700 purchase orders were processed for the Austin factory and 3,900 purchase orders for the Belmont factory. Required: Compute the amount of purchasing department cost that should be charged to each factory for the year.

Leslie Company operates a cafeteria for the benefit of its employees. The company subsidizes the cafeteria heavily by allowing employees to purchase meals at greatly reduced prices. Budgeted and actual costs in the cafeteria for the year just ended are as follows: *Unrecovered cost after deducting amounts received from employees. Costs of the cafeteria are charged to producing departments on the basis of the number of employees in these departments. Fixed costs are charged on the basis of the percentage of peak-period requirements. Data concerning the company's producing departments follows: Required: a. Compute the dollar amount of variable and fixed costs that should be charged to each of the producing departments at the end of the year for purposes of evaluating performance. b. Identify the amount, if any, of actual costs that should not be charged to the operating departments.

For performance evaluation purposes, the actual fixed costs of a service department should be charged to the departments that consume the service in proportion to the actual services provided to the consuming departments during the period.

Azotea Corporation has two operating divisions--a Consumer Division and a Commercial Division. The company's Order Fulfillment Department provides services to both divisions. The variable costs of the Order Fulfillment Department are budgeted at $56 per order. The Order Fulfillment Department's fixed costs are budgeted at $233,700 for the year. The fixed costs of the Order Fulfillment Department are budgeted based on the peak-period orders. At the end of the year, actual Order Fulfillment Department variable costs totaled $237,390 and fixed costs totaled $239,140. The Consumer Division had a total of 1,240 orders and the Commercial Division had a total of 2,860 orders for the year. How much Order Fulfillment Department cost should be allocated to the Commercial Division at the end of the year?

The Downstate Block Company has a trucking department that delivers crushed stone from the company's quarry to its two cement block production facilities--the West Plant and the East Plant. Budgeted costs for the trucking department are $700,000 per year in fixed costs and $0.50 per ton variable cost. Last year, 75,000 tons of crushed stone were budgeted to be delivered to the West Plant and 90,000 tons of crushed stone to the East Plant. During the year, the trucking department actually delivered 74,000 tons of crushed stone to the West Plant and 92,000 tons to the East Plant. Its actual costs for the year were $81,000 variable and $708,000 fixed. The level of budgeted fixed costs is determined by peak-period requirements. The West Plant requires 45% of the peak-period capacity and the East Plant requires 55%. The company allocates fixed and variable costs separately. For performance evaluation purposes, how much of the actual trucking department cost should not be charged to the plants at the end of the year?

Nafth Company has an Equipment Services Department that performs all needed maintenance work on the equipment in the company's Fabrication and Assembly Departments. Costs of the equipment Services Department are charged to the Fabrication and Assembly Departments on the basis of direct labor-hours. Data on direct labor-hours for last year follow: For the year just ended, the company budgeted its variable maintenance costs at $210,000 for the year. Actual variable maintenance costs for the year totaled $255,000. For performance evaluation purposes, how much of the $255,000 of actual variable maintenance cost should be charged to the Assembly Department at the end of the year just ended?

Wollan Corporation has two operating divisions--an East Division and a West Division. The company's Logistics Department services both divisions. The variable costs of the Logistics Department are budgeted at $44 per shipment. The Logistics Department's fixed costs are budgeted at $237,600 for the year. The fixed costs of the Logistics Department are determined based on peak-period demand. At the end of the year, actual Logistics Department variable costs totaled $332,880 and fixed costs totaled $253,960. The East Division had a total of 4,300 shipments and the West Division had a total of 3,000 shipments for the year. How much Logistics Department cost should be allocated to the West Division at the end of the year?

Whenever possible, service department costs should be separated into fixed and variable costs and charged separately to operating departments.

Variable service department costs should be charged to operating departments at the end of the period according to the formula:

Wollan Corporation has two operating divisions--an East Division and a West Division. The company's Logistics Department services both divisions. The variable costs of the Logistics Department are budgeted at $44 per shipment. The Logistics Department's fixed costs are budgeted at $237,600 for the year. The fixed costs of the Logistics Department are determined based on peak-period demand. At the end of the year, actual Logistics Department variable costs totaled $332,880 and fixed costs totaled $253,960. The East Division had a total of 4,300 shipments and the West Division had a total of 3,000 shipments for the year. How much actual Logistics Department cost should not be allocated to the operating divisions at the end of the year?

Macumber Corporation has two operating divisions--an Atlantic Division and a Pacific Division. The company's Logistics Department services both divisions. The variable costs of the Logistics Department are budgeted at $36 per shipment. The Logistics Department's fixed costs are budgeted at $234,000 for the year. The fixed costs of the Logistics Department are determined based on peak-period demand. How much Logistics Department cost should be charged to the Atlantic Division at the end of the year for performance evaluation purposes?

Gabritz, Inc. has a maintenance department that provides services to the company's two operating departments. The variable costs of the maintenance department are charged on the basis of the number of maintenance hours logged in each department. Last year, budgeted variable maintenance costs were $7.50 per maintenance hour and actual variable maintenance costs were $7.80 per maintenance hour. The budgeted and actual maintenance hours for each operating department for last year appear below: Required: a. Compute the amount of variable maintenance department cost that should have been charged to each operating department at the end of the year for performance evaluation purposes. b. Compute the amount of actual variable maintenance department cost that should NOT have been charged to the operating departments at the end of the year for performance evaluation purposes.

Mannerman Products, Inc., operates an electric power plant which provides all electrical power for the company's Machining and Fabrication departments. Information on kilowatt-hours (kwh) of power usage in these departments for May follow: The costs of the electric power plant are all fixed. Budgeted fixed costs for May totaled $60,000 and are determined by peak-period requirements. Actual fixed costs for the month totaled $65,000. The Machining Department requires 60% of the peak-period capacity and the Fabrication Department requires 40%. How much (if any) of the electric power plant's actual fixed costs of $65,000 should not be charged to the other departments?

For performance evaluation purposes, the fixed costs of a service department should be charged to operating departments using:

Mannerman Products, Inc., operates an electric power plant which provides all electrical power for the company's Machining and Fabrication departments. Information on kilowatt-hours (kwh) of power usage in these departments for May follow: The costs of the electric power plant are all fixed. Budgeted fixed costs for May totaled $60,000 and are determined by peak-period requirements. Actual fixed costs for the month totaled $65,000. The Machining Department requires 60% of the peak-period capacity and the Fabrication Department requires 40%. For performance evaluation purposes, how much of the electric power plant's fixed costs should be charged to the Fabrication department at the end of the month for purposes of evaluating performance?

The medical services department of Fischer Company budgeted $25 of variable medical expenses per employee for May, based on 2,000 employees in operating departments. During May an average of 1,980 employees were employed in operating departments. Actual variable medical expenses totaled $50,700 for the month. How much variable medical expenses should be charged to operating departments at the end of May for performance evaluation purposes?

Lakeside Nursing Home has two operating departments, Custodial Care and Rehabilitation. It also has a Housekeeping Department that serves the two operating departments. The costs of the Housekeeping Department are all variable and are charged to the operating departments on the basis of labor-hours. Data for September follow: The budgeted costs of the Housekeeping Department for September were $24,000 and the actual costs were $29,760. For performance evaluation purposes, how much of the actual Housekeeping Department costs for September should not be charged to the operating departments?

The long-run average or peak period needs of operating departments would be the most suitable base for allocating: