Caro Manufacturing has two production departments, Machining and Assembly, and two service departments, Maintenance and Cafeteria. Direct costs for each department and the proportion of service costs used by the various departments for the month of August follow:

				Proportion of Services Used by
Department	Direct Costs			Maintenance		Cafeteria		Machining		Assembly
Machining	$	115,000
Assembly		65,000
Maintenance		48,000				0.2		0.5		0.3
Cafeteria		34,000		0.7				0.1		0.2

Required:

Use the step method to allocate the service costs, using the following:

a. The order of allocation starts with Maintenance.

b. The allocations are made in the reverse order (starting with Cafeteria).