Seattle Partners provides management consulting services to government and corporate clients. 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 , cost records indicate the following:

consudting services to govemment and corporate cilents. Seatle heas two support S) and information systerns (IS)-aind two operating departments government consilting (QOVI) and carporate consitit. Requirements 1. Allocate the two support depatments' costs to the two operating departmens s using the following methods: a. Direct method b. Step-down method (Allocate AS first) c. Step-down niethod (Alocate is firsh) 2. Compare and explain differences in fhe support department costs allocated tin each operating department. 3. What approaches night be used to declde the sequence in which to allocate support departments whien using the step-down method? Folowing Read the frius sign when decieasing departments by alocieriv costs Enter a Tr for ary zero botucces) enagoment consulturg servios to government and corporite clinents 'Seabse has two sippoit costrctan(3) Data table consudting services to govemment and corporate cilents. Seatle heas two support S) and information systerns (IS)-aind two operating departments government consilting (QOVI) and carporate consitit. Requirements 1. Allocate the two support depatments' costs to the two operating departmens s using the following methods: a. Direct method b. Step-down method (Allocate AS first) c. Step-down niethod (Alocate is firsh) 2. Compare and explain differences in fhe support department costs allocated tin each operating department. 3. What approaches night be used to declde the sequence in which to allocate support departments whien using the step-down method? Folowing Read the frius sign when decieasing departments by alocieriv costs Enter a Tr for ary zero botucces) enagoment consulturg servios to government and corporite clinents 'Seabse has two sippoit costrctan(3) Data table