Western Kentucky State College Has Two Service Departments, the Library

Essay

Western Kentucky State College has two service departments, the Library and Computing Services, that assist the School of Business and the School of Health. Budgeted costs of the Library and Computing Services are $800,000 and $1,800,000, respectively. Usage of the service departments' output during the year is anticipated to be: $$\begin{array} { l c c } & { \text { Provider of Service } } \\ { \text { User of Service } } & \text { Library } & \text { Computing }\text { Services } \\\hline\text { Library } & \cdots & 10\% \\\text { Computing Services } & \cdots & \cdots \\\text { School of Business } & 20 \% & 60 \% \\\text { School of Health } & 80 \% & 30 \%\end{array}$$
Required:
A. Use the direct method to allocate the costs of the Library and Computing Services to the School of Business and the School of Health.
B. Repeat requirement "A" using the step-down method. Western allocates the cost of Computing Services first.