The Accountants for Elliot, Inc

question 92

Multiple Choice

The accountants for Elliot, Inc. are preparing the operating departments overhead budgets. The Maintenance department direct costs are $12,000, and the Administration department direct costs are $54,000. The following data have been collected about use of services: (based on number of employees)
Using the reciprocal method, the total costs allocated to the three operating departments from the support departments is:

• A) $66,000
• B) $84,000
• C) $59,368
• D) $60,000

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