E Question 5, E15-19 (similar to) HW Score: 0%, 0 of 50 points Homework: Week 3 Homework Save Part 1 of 6 O Points: 0 of 10 Boston Partners provides management consulting services to government and corporate clients. Boston has two support departments-administrative services (AS) and information systems (IS)-and two operating departments-government consulting (GOVT) and corporate consulting (CORP). For the first quarter of 2017, Boston's cost records indicate the following: (Click the icon to view the cost records.) Read the requirements. Data table Requirement la. Allocate the two support departments' costs to the two operating departments using the direct method. (Do not ro parentheses or a minus sign when decreasing departments by allocating costs. Enter a "0" for any zero balances ) SUPPORT OPERATING GOVT CORP Total Support Departments AS IS Operating Departments Budgeted overhead Direct Method cOUT costs before any interdepartment cost Budgeted overhead costs X allocations $ 330,000 $ 2,100,000 $ 8,700,000 $ 12,450,000 $ 23,580,00 before interdepartment cost a Requirements Support work supplied by AS Allocation of AS costs (budgeted head 28% 100% Allocation of IS costs count) 20% 52% 1. Allocate the two support departments' costs to the two operating departments using the following methods: Support work Total budgeted overhead of oper a. Direct method supplied by IS (budgeted computer b. Step-down method (Allocate AS first) time) 10% 0 36% 54% 100% c. Step-down method (Allocate IS first) 2. Compare and explain differences in the support-department costs allocated to each operating department. Help me solve this E 3. What approaches might be used to decide the sequence in which to allocate support departments when using the step-down method