State Financial Corp. has three service departments (Administration, Communications, and Facility (Deposits and Loans). A summary of costs and other data for each department prior to allocation of service department costs for the year ended December 31 follows Direct costs Employee hours Number of employees Square footage occupied Administration $240,00 24,500 5 5,200 Comunications $330,000 32, eee 13 13,700 Facilities $251,000 24,000 6 6.000 Deposits Loans $7.980,000 $5,100,000 486,000 330.000 180 178 243,800 202,880 The costs of the service departments are allocated on the following bases, Administration, employee-hoursCommunications, number of employees, and Facilities, square footage occupied Required: a. Assume that the bank elects to distribute service department costs to production departments using the direct method. What amount of Communications Department costs is allocated to the Deposits Department? b. Assume the same method of allocation as in requirement (a) What amount of Administration Department costs is allocated to the Loans Department? c. Assuming that the bank elects to distribute service department costs to other departments using the step method (starting with Facilities and then Communications), what amount of Facilities Department costs is allocated to the Communications Department? d. Assume the same method of allocation as in requirement (a What amount of Communication Department costs is allocated to Facilities? Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required A Required B Required Required D Assume that the bank elects to distribute service department costs to production departments using the direct method. What amount of Communications Department costs is allocated to the Deposits Department? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your final answer to the nearest whole dollar amount.) Amount $ 169,714 State Financial Corp, has three service departments (Administration, Communications, and Facilities), and two production departments (Deposits and Loans). A summary of costs and other data for each department prior to allocation of service department costs for the year ended December 31 follows Direct cost Employee hours Number of employees Square footage occupied Administration Communications Facilities $240,000 $330,000 $251,000 24,500 32, eee 24.ee 5 13 6 5.200 13,700 6,000 Deposits Loans $7.980,eee $5,100,000 486,000 33e,eee 180 170 243,800 202,800 The costs of the service departments are allocated on the following bases. Administration, employee-hours, Communications, number of employees, and Facilities, square footage occupied. Required: 2. Assume that the bank elects to distribute service department costs to production departments using the direct method. What amount of Communications Department costs is allocated to the Deposits Department? b. Assume the same method of allocation as in requirement (a). What amount of Administration Department costs is allocated to the Loans Department? C. Assuming that the bank elects to distribute service department costs to other departments using the step method (starting with Facilities and then Communications), what amount of Facilities Department costs is allocated to the Communications Department? d. Assume the same method of allocation as in requirement (9. What amount of Communication Department costs is allocated to Facilities
