support Concord Partners provides management consulting services to government and corporate clients. Concord has two departments-administrative services (AS) and information systems (IS)-and two operating departments-government consulting (GOVT) and corporate consulting (CORP). For the first quarter of 2020, Concord's cost records indicate the following: (Click the icon to view the cost records.) Read the requirements. Requirement 1a. Allocate the two support departments' costs to the two operating departments using the direct method. (Do not round intermediary calculations and round your final answers to the nearest whole dollar. Use parentheses or a minus sign when decreasing departments by allocating costs. Enter a "O" for any zero balances.) Direct Method Support Departments Operating Departments AS IS GOVT CORP Total Budgeted overhead costs before interdepartment cost allocations $ Allocation of AS costs 690,000 $1,500,000 $8,825,000 $ 12,490,000 $23,505,000 (690,000) (1,500,000) 414,000 450,000 276,000 1,050,000 Allocation of IS costs Total budgeted overhead of operating $ 0 $ 0 $ 9,689,000 $ 13,816,000 $23,505,000 departments Requirement 1b. Allocate the two support departments' costs to the two operating departments using the step-down method (Allocate AS first). (Do not round intermediary calculations and round your final answers to 1 B SUPPORT C D E F OPERATING IS GOVT CORP Total 2 Budgeted overhead costs before any 3 interdepartment cost allocations Support work supplied by AS 4 (budgeted head count) Support work supplied by IS 5 (budgeted computer time) AS $ 690,000 $1,500,000 $ 8,825,000 $ 12,490,000 $ 23,505,000 0 25% 45% 30% 100% 10% 0 27% 63% 100% Requirement 1b. Allocate the two support departments' costs to the two operating departments using the step-down method (Allocate AS first). (Do not round intermediary calculations and round your final answers to the nearest whole dollar. Use parentheses or a minus sign when decreasing departments by allocating costs. Enter a "0" for any zero balances.) Step-down Method Support Departments Operating Departments AS IS GOVT CORP Total Budgeted overhead costs before interdepartment cost allocations 690000 1500000 8825000 12490000 23505000 Allocation of AS costs -690000 Allocation of IS costs Total budgeted overhead of operating departments 23505000 Requirements 1. Allocate the two Support departments' costs to the two operating departments using the following methods: a. Direct method b. Step-down method (Allocate AS first) c. Step-down method (Allocate IS first) 2. Compare and explain differences in the support-department costs allocated to each operating department. 3. What approaches might be used to decide the sequence in which to allocate support departments when using the step-down method? Print Done