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V Chapter 19 Homework (Application) Support Department Cost Allocation-Direct Method Christmas Timber, Inc., produces Christmas trees. The trees are produced through a cutting and pruning process. Machine maintenance and janitorial labors are performed throughout the production process by nonproduction employees. Maintenance and janitorial costs are allocated based on machine hours used and the number of trees in each department, respectively. The company estimates that the cutting and pruning areas typically have about 18 and 72 trees, respectively, in them at 1 time. The company also estimates that the cutting process requires about 9 times as many machine hours as the pruning process. The total costs of each department are as follows: Maintenance Department $7,000 Janitorial Department 5,000 Cutting Department 51,000 Pruning Department 8,000 Using the direct method of support department cost allocation, determine the total cost of costs to the production departments. each production department after allocating all support Cutting Pruning Department Department Production departments total costs Chapter 19 Homework (Application) Support Department Cost Allocation-Reciprocal Services Method Blue Africa Inc. produces laptops and desktop computers. The company's production activities mainly occur in what the company calls its Laser and Forming departments. The Cafeteria and Security departments support the company's production activities and allocate costs based on the number of employees and square feet, respectively. The total cost of the Security Department is $267,000. The total cost of the Cafeteria Department is $434,000. The number of employees and the square footage in each department are as follows Employees Square Feet Security Department 10 580 Cafeteria Department 22 2,400 Laser Department 40 2,400 Forming Department 50 3,200 Using the reciprocal services method of support department cost allocation, determine the total costs from the Security Department that should be allocated to the Cafeteria Department and to each of the production departments. Cafeteria Laser Forming Department Department Department Security Department cost allocation