Departmental Information for the Four Departments at Samoa Industries Is

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Essay

Departmental information for the four departments at Samoa Industries is provided below.​ The Janitorial and Cafeteria departments are support departments. Samoa uses the sequential method to allocate support department costs, first allocating the costs from the Janitorial Department to the Cafeteria, Cutting, and Assembly departments.
1. Determine the dollar amount of the Janitorial Department costs to be allocated to the (a) Cafeteria, (b) Cutting, and (c) Assembly departments.
2. Determine the dollar amount of the Cafeteria Department costs to be allocated to the (a) Cutting and (b) Assembly departments.

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