P15-27 (similar to) Question Help Beauty Department Store has a new promotional program that offers a free gift-wrapping service for its customers. Beauty's customer service department has practical capacity to wrap 7,000 gifts at a budgeted fixed cost of $6,650 each month. The budgeted variable cost to gift wrap an item is $0.40. During the most recent month, the department budgeted to wrap 6,650 gifts. Although the service is free to customers, a gift-wrapping service cost allocation is made to the department where the item was purchased. The customer service department reported the following for the most recent month: (Click the icon to view the actual and budgeted units.) Read the requirements. Requirement 1. Using the single-rate method, allocate gift-wrapping costs to different departments in these three ways. Start with allocating (a), then (b), and finally (C). (Round all of your answers to the nearest cent.) Budgeted rate per item: Giftware Women's Apparel Fragrances Men's Apparel Domestics Total Enter any number in the edit fields and then click Check Answer. parts Check Answer O remaining qonowrapping service cost allocation is made to the department where the it * Data Table N Department Budgeted Items Actual Items Wrapped Wrapped 2 Giftware 2,455 2,060 3 Women's Apparel 830 730 4 Fragrances 1,815 1,570 5 Men's Apparel 425 510 6 Domestics 1,125 1,380 7 Total 6,650 6,250 Print Done wydr MID VIIGIS o -Wrapping Service for its customers. Be department has practical capacity to wrap 7,000 gifts at a budgeted fixed cost of $6,650 each month gifts. Requirements X purc ways 1. Using the single-rate method, allocate gift-wrapping costs to different departments in these three ways. a. Calculate the budgeted rate based on the budgeted number of gifts to be wrapped and allocate costs based on the budgeted use (of gift- wrapping services). Calculate the budgeted rate based on the budgeted number of gifts to be wrapped and allocate costs based on actual usage. C. Calculate the budgeted rate based on the practical gift-wrapping capacity available and allocate costs based on actual usage. Using the dual-rate method, compute the amount allocated to each department when (a) the fixed-cost rate is calculated using budgeted costs and the practical gift-wrapping capacity, (b) fixed costs are allocated based on budgeted usage of gift-wrapping services, and (c) variable costs are allocated using the budgeted variable-cost rate and actual usage. 3. Comment on your results in requirements 1 and 2. Discuss the advantages of the dual-rate method. Print Done in the edit fields and then click Check