ABC Company is exploring ways to allocate the cost of service departments such as Quality Control and Maintenance to the production department such as Machining and Assembly. The controller of the company has provided the following information: Quality Maintenance Machining Assembly Total Control Budgeted overhead costs P350,000 P200,000 P400,000 P300,000 P1,250,000 before allocation Budgeted 50,000 hours 50,000 hours machine hours Budgeted direct labor 25,000 hours 25,000 hourS hours Budgeted hours of 7,000 hours 21.000 hours 7,000 hours 35,000 hours service of quality control Budgeted hours of 10,000 hours 18,000 hours 12,000 hours 40.000 hours service of maintenance Under the step down method of allocating service department costs from quality control to maintenance, what is the total service cost allocated to the assembly department?

ABC Company is exploring ways to allocate the cost of service departments such as Quality Control and Maintenance to the production department such as Machining and Assembly. The controller of the company has provided the following information: Quality Maintenance Machining Assembly Total Control Budgeted overhead costs P350,000 P200,000 P400,000 P300,000 P1,250,000 before allocation Budgeted 50,000 hours 50,000 hours machine hours Budgeted direct labor 25,000 hours 25,000 hourS hours Budgeted hours of 7,000 hours 21.000 hours 7,000 hours 35,000 hours service of quality control Budgeted hours of 10,000 hours 18,000 hours 12,000 hours 40.000 hours service of maintenance Under the step down method of allocating service department costs from quality control to maintenance, what is the total service cost allocated to the assembly department?

Principles of Cost Accounting

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Author:Edward J. Vanderbeck, Maria R. Mitchell

Publisher:Edward J. Vanderbeck, Maria R. Mitchell

Chapter4: Accounting For Factory Overhead

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