Score: 1.16 of 5 pts 1 of 2 (1 complete) HW Score: 11.63%, 1.16 of 10 pts E15-21 (similar to) Question Help Best Books, an online book retailer, has two operating departments corporate sales and consumer sales and two support departments human resources and information systems. Each sales department conducts merchandising and marketing operations Independently. Best Books uses number of employees to allocate human resources costs and processing time to allocate information systems costs. The following data are available for September 2017: (Click the icon to view the data.) Read the requirements, 0 Data Table Requirement 1. Allocate the support departments' costs to the operating departments using the direct method. (Do not round interme minus sign when decreasing departments by allocating costs. Enter a "O" for any zero balances. Abbreviations used:HR = Human rel Support Departments Human Information Resources Systems Operating Departments Corporate Consumer Sales Sales S S 60,000 $ 240,000 $ 910,000 S 510,000 Costs incurred Allocation of HR costs Support Departments Operating Departments HR Info. Systems Corporate Consumer Total 60,000 $ 240.000's 910,000 $ $ 510,000 $ 1,720,000 (60,000) 37,500 22,500 (240.000) 130,435 109,565 S 1,077,935 $ 642,065 $ 1,720,000 Allocation of info. System costs Budgeted costs incurred before any interdepartment cost allocations Support work supplied by human resources department Budgeted number of employees Support work supplied by information systems department Budgeted processing time (in minutes) 20 50 30 S Total budgeted costs of operating departments Requirement 2. Rank the support departments based on the percentage of their services provided to other support departments. Us method. 320 2,000 1.680 First, rank, from highest to lowest, the support departments based on the percentage of their services provided to other support depa A Requirements Support department Percentage 19 % 1. Allocate the support departments' costs to the operating departments using the direct method. 2. Rank the support departments based on the percentage of their services provided to other support departments. Use this ranking to allocate the support departments costs to the operating departments based on the step-down method. 3. How could you have ranked the support departments differently? Choose from any list or enter any number in the input fields and then click Check Answer. . 3 remaining Clear All Score: 1.16 of 5 pts 1 of 2 (1 complete) HW Score: 11.63%, 1.16 of 10 pts E15-21 (similar to) Question Help Best Books, an online book retailer, has two operating departments corporate sales and consumer sales and two support departments human resources and information systems. Each sales department conducts merchandising and marketing operations Independently. Best Books uses number of employees to allocate human resources costs and processing time to allocate information systems costs. The following data are available for September 2017: (Click the icon to view the data.) Read the requirements, 0 Data Table Requirement 1. Allocate the support departments' costs to the operating departments using the direct method. (Do not round interme minus sign when decreasing departments by allocating costs. Enter a "O" for any zero balances. Abbreviations used:HR = Human rel Support Departments Human Information Resources Systems Operating Departments Corporate Consumer Sales Sales S S 60,000 $ 240,000 $ 910,000 S 510,000 Costs incurred Allocation of HR costs Support Departments Operating Departments HR Info. Systems Corporate Consumer Total 60,000 $ 240.000's 910,000 $ $ 510,000 $ 1,720,000 (60,000) 37,500 22,500 (240.000) 130,435 109,565 S 1,077,935 $ 642,065 $ 1,720,000 Allocation of info. System costs Budgeted costs incurred before any interdepartment cost allocations Support work supplied by human resources department Budgeted number of employees Support work supplied by information systems department Budgeted processing time (in minutes) 20 50 30 S Total budgeted costs of operating departments Requirement 2. Rank the support departments based on the percentage of their services provided to other support departments. Us method. 320 2,000 1.680 First, rank, from highest to lowest, the support departments based on the percentage of their services provided to other support depa A Requirements Support department Percentage 19 % 1. Allocate the support departments' costs to the operating departments using the direct method. 2. Rank the support departments based on the percentage of their services provided to other support departments. Use this ranking to allocate the support departments costs to the operating departments based on the step-down method. 3. How could you have ranked the support departments differently? Choose from any list or enter any number in the input fields and then click Check Answer. . 3 remaining Clear All