Harry Dorffman Owns and Operates Harry's Abstracting Service

question 8

Short Answer

Harry Dorffman owns and operates Harry's Abstracting Service.Harry's two revenue generating operations (Abstracting Services and Closing Services)are supported by two service departments: Clerical and Custodial.Costs in the service departments are allocated in the following order using the designated allocation bases.
Clerical: number of transactions processed
Custodial: square footage of space occupied
Average and expected activity levels for next month are as follows:
Required:
Use the reciprocal method to allocate the service department costs to the revenue generating departments.Provide the total costs for the revenue departments.

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