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 — 1,800 1,800 5,400
Labor-hours 650 — 650 2,600
Department direct costs $4,000 $14,000 $15,900 $12,600
Required:
Use the direct method to allocate these service department costs to the operating departments. (Negative amounts should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculations.)
Maintenance Personnel Printing Developing
service dept. costs
maintenance allocation
personnel allocation
total cost allocation