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Steven Parker owns and operates Steven's Septic Service and Legal Advice. Steven's two revenue generating (production) operations are supported by two service departments: Clerical and

Steven Parker owns and operates Steven's Septic Service and Legal Advice. Steven's two revenue generating (production) operations are supported by two service departments: Clerical and Janitorial. Costs in the service departments are allocated in the following order using the designated allocation bases:

Clerical:

Variable cost: expected number of work orders processed.
Fixed cost: long-run average number of work orders processed.

Janitorial:

Variable cost: labor hours.
Fixed cost: square footage of space occupied.
Average and expected activity levels for next month (June) are as follows:

No. of Work Orders
ExpectedAverageLabor HoursSquare Footage
Septic Service45807101,950
Legal advice30259902,350
Clerical20205501,750
Janitorial5153501,150


Expected costs in the service departments for June are as follows:

ClericalJanitorial
Variable costs$14,000$5,700
Fixed costs$9,900$950


Under the step method of allocation, how much Clerical Service cost should be allocated to the Septic Service operation for June? (Assume Clerical costs are allocated before Janitorial costs and round all calculations to the nearest whole dollar.)

rev: 08_19_2019_QC_CS-174994

  • $14,988.

  • $14,475.

  • $15,145.

  • $18,795.

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