Cost allocation is often the centerpiece of conflict that is resolved in court cases. The litigation usually involves the dispute over how costs are allocated to a product or product line that is of interest to the plaintiff. This is particularly an issue when a company produces some products or services for a price-competitive market while other products or services are produced for a governmental unit on a cost-plus or reimbursement basis. Nursing Care Incorporated, or NCI, operates both a small nursing home and a retirement home. There is a single kitchen used to provide meals to both the nursing home and retirement home, meaning labor costs and utilities costs of the kitchen are shared by the two homes. There is also a centralized cleaning department that provides the cleaning services for both homes as well as the kitchen. The nursing home serves only indigent patients who are on Medicaid. The state Department of Health and Family Services (DHFS) reimburses NC| at Medicaid-approved cost reimbursement rates. The Medicaid reimbursement rates are based on cost information supplied by NCI. The relevant cost and allocation data for the most recent year appear in the following table. Annual Operating Cost Cleaning department $ 108,000 Central kitchen $ 147,000 Nursing Retirement Allocation Base Kitchen Home Home Square feet of space 1,000 2,000 3,000 Number of residents - 6 4 Required: 1. Management of NCI currently allocates the kitchen and cleaning department costs based on the number of residents in each home. Determine the amount of service department costs assigned to each of the homes using this allocation base. 2. DHFS auditors believe the step method of allocation should be used by first assigning cleaning costs based on square feet and then kitchen costs based on number of residents. Determine the amount of service department costs assigned to each of the homes using this allocation method. (Do not round percentages in your calculations.) Direct method 2. |Step method Tango Company produces joint products M, N, and T from a joint process. This information concerns a batch produced in April at a joint cost of $135,000: After Split-0ff Units Produced and Total Separable Total Final Sales Product Sold Costs Value M 11,500 $ 10,000 $ 175,000 N 5,500 9,800 155,000 I 6,500 8,200 28,000 Required: How much of the joint cost should be allocated to each joint product using the net realizable value method? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your final answers in whole dollars.) = Webster Company produces 35,000 units of product A, 30,000 units of product B, and 13,500 units of product C from the same manufacturing process at a cost of $375,000. A and B are joint products, and C is regarded as a by-product. The unit selling prices of the products are $40 for A, $20 for B, and $2 for C. None of the products requires separable processing. Of the units produced, Webster Company sells 28,000 units of A, 29,000 units of B, and 13,500 units of C. The firm uses the net realizable value method to allocate joint costs and by-product costs. Assume no beginning inventory. Required: 1. What is the value of the ending inventory of product A? 2. What is the value of the ending inventory of product B? Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required 1 Required 2 What is the value of the ending inventory of product A? (Do not round intermediate calculations.) Ending inventory [ Webster Company produces 35,000 units of product A, 30,000 units of product B, and 13,500 units of product C from the same manufacturing process at a cost of $375,000. A and B are joint products, and C is regarded as a by-product. The unit selling prices of the products are $40 for A, $20 for B, and $2 for C. None of the products requires separable processing. Of the units produced, Webster Company sells 28,000 units of A, 29,000 units of B, and 13,500 units of C. The firm uses the net realizable value method to allocate joint costs and by-product costs. Assume no beginning inventory. Required: 1. What is the value of the ending inventory of product A? 2. What is the value of the ending inventory of product B? Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required 1 Required 2 What is the value of the ending inventory of product B? (Do not round intermediate calculations.)