Catoire Consultancy Uses the Direct Method to Allocate Its Service

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Essay

Catoire Consultancy uses the direct method to allocate its service department costs to its operating departments. The company has two service departments, Information Technology and Administration, and two operating departments, Corporate Practice and Government Practice. Data concerning those departments follow: Information Technology Department costs are allocated on the basis of computers and Administration Department costs are allocated on the basis of employees.
Required:
Allocate the service department costs to the operating departments using the direct method.

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Definitions:

Total Assets

The sum of all current and non-current assets owned by a company, reflecting its overall value.

Open-End Funds

Mutual funds that continuously issue new shares or redeem existing shares and do not have a fixed number of shares available for the public.

NAV

Net asset value, calculated as the total value of a fund's assets minus its liabilities, usually applied to mutual funds.

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