The DiCaprio Company has three service departments (administration, maintenance, and technology support) and two production departments (creative and output). A summary of costs and other data for each department prior to allocation of service department costs for the year ended December 31, Year 1, follows:

The company allocates the costs of the administration, maintenance, and technology support departments on the basis of direct labor hours, square footage occupied, and number of computers, respectively. Round all final calculations to the nearest dollar.
a. Assume that the company elects to distribute service department costs directly to production departments without inter-service department cost allocation (that is, the direct method of cost allocation). What amount of maintenance department costs would the company allocate to the creative department?
b. Assuming the same method of allocation as in part a., what amount of administration department costs would the company allocate to the output department?
c. Assuming that the company elects to use the step method, which distributes service department costs to other service departments (starting with the technology support department) as well as the production departments, what amounts of technology support department costs would the company allocate to the maintenance department?
d. Assuming the same method of allocation as in part c., what amount of maintenance department costs would the company allocate to the technology supportdepartment?

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Administration Maintenance Technology SupportCreative Output Direct Material Costs Direct Labor Costs.$100,000 Overhead Costs Direct Labor Hours.. Number of Computers.. Square Footage Occupied.. $ 80,000 6,200 24 1,750 $80,000 590,000 $56,000 5,400 16 2,000 $91,000 $87,000 $62,000 8,400 40 4,800 $4,100,000 800,000 $1,950,000 $2,000,000 $1,650,000 $1,800,000 87,500 400 72,000 112,500 560 88,000