Exam 15: Allocation of Support-Department Costs, common Costs, and Revenues

Electro Corp sells a refrigerator and a freezer as a single package for $1120.Other data are in the chart below. Using the stand-alone method with stand-alone product revenues as the weight for revenue allocation,what amount will be allocated to the refrigerator? (Do not round any intermediary calculations. )

Marshall University offers only high-tech graduate-level programs.Marshall has two principal operating departments,Commerce and Social Sciences,and two support departments,Facility and Technology Maintenance and Enrollment Services.The base used to allocate facility and technology maintenance is budgeted total maintenance hours.The base used to allocate enrollment services is number of credit hours for a department.The Facility and Technology Maintenance budget is $500,000,while the Enrollment Services budget is $900,000.The following chart summarizes budgeted amounts and allocation-base amounts used by each department: Required: Prepare a schedule which allocates service department costs using the step-down method with the sequence of allocation based on the highest-percentage support concept.Compute the total amount of support costs allocated to each of the two principal operating departments,Commerce and Social Sciences.

Which of the following methods ranks individual products in a bundle for revenue allocation?

Craylon Corp sells two products X and Y.X sells for $200 and Y sells for $160.Both X and Y sell for $310 as a bundle.What is the revenue allocated to product Y,if product X is termed as the primary product in the bundle?

Alfred,owner of Hi-Tech Fiberglass Fabricators,Inc. ,is interested in using the reciprocal allocation method.The following data from operations were collected for analysis: Budgeted manufacturing overhead costs: Services furnished: By Plant Maintenance (budgeted labor-hours): By Data Processing (budgeted computer time): What is the complete reciprocated cost of the Plant Maintenance Department? (Do not round any intermediary calculations. )

The dual-rate cost-allocation method provides better information for decision making than the single-rate method as it differentiates between fixed and variable costs and its allocation.

Buzz's Educational Software Outlet sells two or more of the video games as a single package.Managers are keenly interested in individual product-profitability figures.Information pertaining to three bundled products and the stand-alone prices is as follows: Using the stand-alone method with selling price as the weight for revenue allocation,what amount of revenue will be allocated to Reading Fun in the first package (Reading Fun & Math Fun)? (Do not round any intermediary calculations. )

Describe and discuss the two methods of allocating revenues of a bundled package to the individual products in that package.Describe any special problems associated with the method.

Harbor Corp currently leases a corporate suite in an office building for a cost of $360,000 a year.Only 80% of the corporate suite is currently being used.A start-up business has proposed a plan that would use the other 20% of the suite and increase the overall costs of maintaining the space by $20,484.If the incremental method were used,what amount of cost would be allocated to the start-up business?

Which of the following best describes the stand-alone revenue-allocation method?

Buzz's Educational Software Outlet sells two or more of the video games as a single package.Managers are keenly interested in individual product-profitability figures.Information pertaining to three bundled products and the stand-alone prices is as follows: Using the stand-alone method with selling price as the weight for revenue allocation,what amount of revenue will be allocated to Math Fun in the package that contains all three products? (Do not round any intermediary calculations. )

Hanung Corp has two service departments,Maintenance and Personnel.Maintenance Department costs of $360,000 are allocated on the basis of budgeted maintenance-hours.Personnel Department costs of $110,000 are allocated based on the number of employees.The costs of operating departments A and B are $188,000 and $282,000,respectively.Data on budgeted maintenance-hours and number of employees are as follows: Using the direct method,what amount of Maintenance Department costs will be allocated to Department B? (Do not round any intermediary calculations. )

An alternative way to implement the reciprocal method is to formula and use linear equations.

The dual-rate cost-allocation method classifies costs in each cost pool into a ________.

Gotham University offers only high-tech graduate-level programs.Gotham has two principal operating departments,Engineering and Computer Sciences,and two support departments,Facility and Technology Maintenance and Enrollment Services.The base used to allocate facility and technology maintenance is budgeted total maintenance hours.The base used to allocate enrollment services is number of credit hours for a department.The Facility and Technology Maintenance budget is $350,000,while the Enrollment Services budget is $950,000.The following chart summarizes budgeted amounts and allocation-base amounts used by each department: Required: a.Set up algebraic equations in linear equation form for each activity. b.Determine total costs for each department by solving the equations from part (a)using the reciprocal method.

Which of the following is one of the methods of allocating support department costs to operating departments that partially recognizes mutual service provided among all support departments?

Allocating common costs can best be achieved by using the stand-alone cost-allocation method.

Which of the following is an example of an allowable cost considered by U.S.government contract?

Foodiez Inn is a fast-food restaurant that sells burgers and hot dogs in a 1980s environment.The fixed operating costs of the company are $10,000 per month.The controlling shareholder,interested in product profitability and pricing,wants all costs allocated to either the burgers or the hot dogs.The following information is provided for the operations of the company: Required: a.What amount of fixed operating costs is assigned to the burgers and hot dogs when actual sales are used as the allocation base for January? For February? b.Hot dog sales for January and February remained constant.Did the amount of fixed operating costs allocated to hot dogs also remain constant for January and February? Explain why or why not.Comment on any other observations.

Alfred,owner of Hi-Tech Fiberglass Fabricators,Inc. ,is interested in using the reciprocal allocation method.The following data from operations were collected for analysis: Budgeted manufacturing overhead costs: Services furnished: By Plant Maintenance (budgeted labor-hours): By Data Processing (budgeted computer time): Which of the following linear equations represents the complete reciprocated cost of the Data Processing Department?