.....: Data table A B D E F 1 SUPPORT OPERATING 2 AS IS GOVT CORP Total $ 690,000 $ 1,800,000 $ 8,675,000 $ 12,450,000 $ 23,615,000 Budgeted overhead costs before any 3 interdepartment cost allocations Support work supplied by AS 4 (budgeted head count) Support work supplied by IS 5 (budgeted computer time) 0 20% 48% 32% 100% 10% 0 36% 54% 100% Seattle Partners provides management consulting services to government and corporate clients. Seattle has two support departmentsadministrative services (AS) and information systems (IS)and two operating departmentsgovernment consulting (GOVT) and corporate consulting (CORP). For the first quarter of 2020, Seattle's cost records indicate the following: (Click the icon to view the cost records.) Read the requirements III. Requirement 1a. Allocate the two support departments' costs to the two operating departments using the direct method. (Do not round intermediary calculations and round your final answers to the nearest whole dollar. Use parentheses or a minus sign when decreasing departments by allocating costs. Enter a "0" for any zero balances.) Support Departments Operating Departments Direct Method AS IS GOVT CORP Total Budgeted overhead costs before interdepartment cost allocations Allocation of AS costs Allocation of IS costs Total budgeted overhead of operating departments Requirement 1b. Allocate the two support departments' costs to the two operating departments using the step-down method (Allocate AS first). (Do not round intermediary calculations and round your final answers to the nearest whole dollar. Use parentheses or a minus sign when decreasing departments by allocating costs. Enter a "0" for any zero balances.) Support Departments Operating Departments Step-down Method AS IS GOVT CORP Total Budgeted overhead costs before interdepartment cost allocations Total budgeted overhead of operating departments Requirement 1c. Allocate the two support departments' costs to the two operating departments using the step-down method (Allocate IS first). (Do not round intermediary calculations and round your final answers to the nearest whole dollar. Use parentheses or a minus sign when decreasing departments by allocating costs. Enter a "0" for any zero balances.) Support Departments Operating Departments Step-down Method AS IS GOVT CORP Total Budgeted overhead costs before interdepartment cost allocations Total budgeted overhead of operating departments Requirement 2. Compare and explain differences in the support-department costs allocated to each operating department. Begin by entering the total support-department costs allocated to each operating department under each of the methods below. GOVT CORP Direct method Step-down (AS first) Step-down (IS first) The direct method The step-down method There is a disproportionate usage of IS services by CORP. Therefore, when AS costs to CORP. Similarly, GOVT.'s usage of the AS group exceeds CORP's. Therefore, when AS costs are allocated second it results in to GOVT. are allocated first it results in Requirement 3. What approaches might be used to decide the sequence in which to allocate support departments when using the step-down method? (lf an input field is not used in the table, leave the input field empty; do not select a label.) The approaches that could determine the sequence in the step-down method are
