The Norther Plain Company has propared department overhead budgets for budgeted-volume sevels before allocations as follows: (Cick the icon to viow the department oveheod budgets.) Managoment has decided that the most appropriate inventory costs are achieved by using individual department overhead rates. These rates are doveloped after support-department costs are allocated to operating departments. Bases for allocation are to be selected from the following: (Cick the loof to view the datia) Read the requirements. Requirement 1. Using the stop-down method, alocate support-department costs. Develop overtead rates per direct manulacturing labor-hour for machining and assembly. Allocate the costs of the support depertments in the order given in this problem. Use the allocation base for cach support department you think is moat appropnate. Begin by selecting the alocation bate for each support depatment. Using the step-down method, allocale supportdepartment costs. Alocate the costs the support departments in the order given in this problem. (Round at indrect alocation rates to the nearest cont and al other computasions to the nearest whole dollar. Use parentheses or a minus sign when docreasing departments by allocating costs) Data table Data table Requirements 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. 2. Using the direct method, rework requirement 1. 3. Based on the following information about two jobs, determine the total overhead costs for each job by using rates developed in (a) requirement 1 and (b) requirement 2. 4. The company evaluates the performance of the operating department managers on the basis of how well they managed their total costs, including allocated costs. As the manager of the Machining Department, which allocation method would you prefer from the results obtained in requirements 1 and 2? Explain. Jaing the step-dowa method, allocate suppori-departmerit costs. Alocate the costs of the support departmerts in the order given in this problem. (Round all indmect allocation rates to the nearest ent and al other compuiations to the neareth whole dollar Use parentheses or a minus sign when decreasing depariments by alsoating costs.) Step-oben mithat Oientind rath per drect Machiting Aasemely Mocelion of costs Busding ond grwund Personnel General ptent asmininetrion Catelark Requirement 3. Based on the intomasion about twe lobs. desermine the total cvorheod costs for each job by using raths dwibloped in (a) requirement 1 and (b) requiroment 2 . Seart by computing the total overtined costs for bach job using the rates developed in (a) requirement 1 (the siop-down meithod) (Round the total ovantiad costs to the Benent cent) The meneger of miocising depertmem would depertmerh