Jack Donaldson Owns and Operates Jack's Abstracting Service

question 53

Essay

Jack Donaldson owns and operates Jack's Abstracting Service. Jack'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.

Analyze sales, cost of goods sold, and their impact on various financial metrics.

Understand and calculate the inventory turnover ratio.

Evaluate the average collection period for accounts receivable.

Assess the financial health through acid-test ratio and working capital analysis.

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