Current Attempt in Progress If a company operates two producing departments and they are serviced by the same three support departments, which support departments costs should be allocated first when using the step method? The service department that provides the least service to other service departments. The support department with the least amount of cost. The support department that provides the most service to other support departments. The support department that provides the most service to the user departments. Which method of allocating support department costs does not provide data for the support departments to monitor each other's costs? direct method. average method. step method. reciprocal method