2. A company is looking to allocate its two support departments, Accounting and Legal Services, to its only two operating departments, National Consultations and Global Consultations. The information related to these four departments and the amount of resources shared is below. Support Departments Accounting Legal Budgeted Costs $600,000 Accounting employees (%) 25% 40% Operating Departments National Global $2,400,000 $8,756,000 $12,452,000 $24,208,000 100% Total Legal Employees (%) 10% 30% 35% 60% 100% Requirements: Allocate the two different support department's cost using the following methods: Direct Method Step-down method (Accounting First) O Step-down method (Legal First) O Reciprocal Method Which allocation method would be considered the most accurate and should be adopted by this company? 23 employe