Exercise 11-30 Cost Allocation: Step Method (LO 11-3)

University Printers has two service departments (Maintenance and Personnel) and two operating departments (Printing and Developing). Management has decided to allocate maintenance costs on the basis of machine-hours in each department and personnel costs on the basis of labor-hours worked by the employees in each.

The following data appear in the company records for the current period:

	Maintenance			Personnel			Printing			Developing
Machine-hours					1,200			1,200			3,600
Labor-hours		600						600			2,400
Department direct costs	$	2,400		$	12,400		$	14,200		$	11,100

Required:

Allocate the service department costs using the step method, starting with the Maintenance Department. (Negative amounts should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculations.)

Maintenance Personnel Printing Developing

Service Department Cost

Maintenance

Personnel

Total costs allocated