Finkler Legal Services, LLC, Uses the Step-Down Method to Allocate

question 19

Multiple Choice

Finkler Legal Services, LLC, uses the step-down method to allocate service department costs to operating departments. The firm has two service departments, Personnel and Information Technology (IT) , and two operating departments, Family Law and Corporate Law. 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 Corporate Law Department cost after allocations is closest to:

• A) $389,318
• B) $380,375
• C) $346,910
• D) $388,872

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Definitions:

Exemptions

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Corporate Income Taxes

Taxes imposed on the net income (profits) of corporations by the government.

Property Taxes

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Payroll Taxes

Payroll Taxes are taxes imposed on employers or employees, and are usually calculated as a percentage of the salaries that employers pay their staff.