Question: Answer the following questions using the information below: Company ABC has two service departments, Maintenance and Personnel. Maintenance Department costs of $300,000 are allocated based

  1. Answer the following questions using the information below:

    Company ABC has two service departments, Maintenance and Personnel.

    Maintenance Department costs of $300,000 are allocated based on budgeted maintenance-hours.

    Personnel Department costs of $100,000 are allocated based on the number of employees.

    The costs of operating departments A and B are $160,000 and $240,000, respectively.

    Data on budgeted maintenance-hours and number of employees are as follows:

    Support Departments

    Production Departments

    Maintenance

    Personnel

    A

    B

    Budgeted costs

    $300,000

    $100,000

    $160,000

    $240,000

    Budgeted maintenance-hours

    NA

    1,000

    600

    400

    Number of employees

    40

    NA

    160

    480

    Using the direct method, what amount of Maintenance Department and Personal Department costs will be allocated to Department A and B?

    A.

    None of them

    B.

    $96,000 and $64,000 $20,000 and $50,000

    C.

    $180,000 and $120,000 $25,000 and $75,000

    D.

    $192,000 and $128,000 $20,000 and $60,000

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