(Appendix 4B) Muckenfuss Clinic uses the step-down method to allocate service department costs to operating departments. The clinic has two service departments, Personnel and Information Technology (IT), and two operating departments, Family Medicine and Geriatric Medicine. Data concerning those departments follow:
Personnel costs are allocated first on the basis of employees and IT costs are allocated second on the basis of PCs.
-In the first step of the allocation,the amount of Personnel Department cost allocated to the Family Medicine Department is closest to:
A) $23,920
B) $58,405
C) $23,049
D) $26,366

Question

(Appendix 4B) Muckenfuss Clinic uses the step-down method to allocate service department costs to operating departments. The clinic has two service departments, Personnel and Information Technology (IT), and two operating departments, Family Medicine and Geriatric Medicine. Data concerning those departments follow:
  Personnel costs are allocated first on the basis of employees and IT costs are allocated second on the basis of PCs.
-In the first step of the allocation,the amount of Personnel Department cost allocated to the Family Medicine Department is closest to:
A) $23,920 
B) $58,405 
C) $23,049 
D) $26,366

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Allocation base for Personnel costs = 27 + 104 + 160 = 291
Allocation base for IT costs = 85 + 87 = 172
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(Appendix 4B) Muckenfuss Clinic Uses the Step-Down Method to Allocate