Grahe Emergency Care Hospital Uses the Step-Down Method to Allocate

question 19

Essay

Grahe Emergency Care Hospital uses the step-down method to allocate service department costs to operating departments.The hospital has two service departments,Administration and Information Technology (IT),and two operating departments,Emergency Room and Intensive Care. Administration Department costs are allocated first on the basis of employees and IT Department costs are allocated second on the basis of computers.
Required:
Allocate the service department costs to the operating departments using the step-down method.

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