Ranft Clinic Uses the Step-Down Method to Allocate Service Department

question 12

Multiple Choice

Ranft Clinic uses the step-down method to allocate service department costs to operating departments. The clinic has two service departments, Personnel and Information Technology (IT) , and two operating departments, Family Medicine and Pediatric. Data concerning those departments follow:
Personnel costs are allocated first on the basis of employees and IT costs are allocated second on the basis of PCs. The total Pediatric Department cost after allocations is closest to:

• A) $456,993
• B) $456,904
• C) $409,220
• D) $447,702

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