Anderson Company Has Two Service Departments and Two Producing Departments

question 92

Multiple Choice

Anderson Company has two Service Departments and two Producing Departments. The costs of the Personnel Department are allocated to other departments on the basis of the number of employees in the departments. Departments and number of employees are as follows:
$\begin{array}{|l|r|}\hline & \text { Employees } \\\hline \text { Personnel Department } & 30 \\\hline \text { Engineering Department } & 90 \\\hline \text { Producing Department No. 1 } & 590 \\\hline \text { Producing Department No. 2 } & \underline{290} \\\hline \text { Total Employees } & \underline{1,000} \\\hline\end{array}$
- Total costs in the Personnel Department are $900,000 per year.Under the step-down method,the costs of the Personnel Department are allocated before the costs of the Engineering Department are allocated.What would be the amount of Personnel Department cost that would be allocated to Producing Department 2 under the step method,rounded to the nearest dollar?

• A) $0.
• B) $261,000.
• C) $269,072.
• D) $296,591.

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