Bankert Corporation Uses the Step-Down Method to Allocate Service Department

question 42

Multiple Choice

Bankert Corporation uses the step-down method to allocate service department costs to operating departments.The company has two service departments,General Management and Physical Plant,and two operating departments,Sales and After-Sales.Data concerning those departments follow: General Management Department costs are allocated first on the basis of employee time and Physical Plant Department costs are allocated second on the basis of space occupied.The total After-Sales Department cost after allocations is closest to:

• A)$307,594
• B)$300,100
• C)$310,240
• D)$310,376

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