The Central Valley Company has prepared department overhead budgets for budgeted-volume levels before allocations as follows: (Click the icon to view the department overhead budgets) Management has decided that the most appropriate inventory costs are achieved by using individual department overhead rates. These rates are developed after support-department costs are allocated to operating departments Bases for allocation are to be selected from the following: g (Click the icon to view the data.) Read the @uirements. Requirement 1. Using the step-down method. allocate support-department costs. Develop overhead rates per direct manufacturing labor-hour for machining and assembly. Allocate the costs of the support departments in the order given in this problem, Use the allocation base for each support department you think is most appropriate. Begin by selecting the allocation base for each support department. Support Department Allocation Base Building and grounds Square feet of oor space occupied Personnel Number of employees General plant administration Manufacturing labor-hours Cafeteria: operating loss Number Of employees Storeroom Number of requisitions 0 Data Table Support departments: Building and grounds Personnel General plant administration Cafeteria: Operating loss Storeroom Operating departments: Machining Assembly Total for support and operating departments _ Print ' Done ' 0 Data Table Department Direct Manufacturing Labor-Hours Number of Employees Square Feet of Floor Space Occupied indirect Manufacturing Labor-Hours Number of Requ isitions Building and grounds Personnel' General plant administration Cafeteria: operating loss Storeroom Machining Assembly Total 0 0 36 9 9 45 81 0 900 7,200 5,400 4,500 31 ,500 200,500 250,000 \"Basis used is number of employees to the n: Using the stepdown method, allocate supportdepartment oosts. Allocate the costs of the support departments in the order given in this problem. (Round all indirect allocation rates to the nearest cent and all other computations to the nearest whole dollar. Use parentheses or a minus sign when decreasing departments by allocating costs) Support Departments Operating Departments General Cafeteria Bldg and Plant Operatlng Grounds Personnel Admin. Loss Storeroom Machining Assembly Costs incurred Allocation of costs: Building and grounds Personnel General plant administration Cafeteria Storeroom Total budgeted costs of operating departments Enter any number in the edit fields and then click Check