Appendix B Sequential Method
Sanjay Company manufactures a product in a factory that has two producing departments, Assembly and Painting, and two support departments, S and S The activity driver for S is square footage, and the activity driver for S is number of machine hours. The following data pertain to Sanjay:
Line Item Description Support
Departments
S Support
Departments
S Producing
Departments
Assembly Producing
Departments
Painting
Direct costs $ $ $ $
Normal activity:
Square footage
Machine hours
Now assume that Sanjay uses the sequential method to allocate support department costs. S is allocated first, then S
Required:
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Calculate the cost assignment ratios to be used under the sequential method for S Assembly, and Painting. Note: Each support department will have two ratiosone for Assembly and the other for Painting. Round your answers to four decimal places.
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Allocate the overhead costs to the producing departments by using the sequential method. Use a minus sign to indicate a subtraction. For those boxes in which no entry is required, leave the box blank or enter zero
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Departments
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Departments
Assembly Producing
Departments
Painting
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