This is really an odd situation," said Jim Carter, general manager of Highland Publishing Company. "We get most of the jobs we bid on that require a lot of press time in the Printing Department, yet profits on those jobs are never as high as they ought to be. On the other hand, we lose most of the jobs we bid on that require a lot of time in the Binding Department. I would be inclined to think that the problem is with our overhead rates, but we're already computing separate overead rates for each department. So what else could be wrong?" Highland Publishing Company is a large organization that offers a variety of printing and binding work. The Printing and Binding departments are supported by three service departments. The costs of these service departments are allocated to other departments in the order listed below. The Personnel cost is allocated based on number of employees. The Custodial Services cost is allocated based on square feet of space occupied and the Maintenance cost is allocated based on machine-hours. Machine Hours Direct Labor- Hours Department Personnel Custodial Services Maintenance Printing Binding Total Labor- Square Feet of Hours Space Occupied 16, 200 12,3ee 8,900 3,100 14,100 10,400 30,900 40,800 105,000 20, 4ee 175, 100 87,eee Number of Employees 28 42 61 199 388 553 170,see 46,aee 216,000 13,000 73,000 86,080 Budgeted overhead costs in each department for the current year are shown below. Personnel Custodial Services Maintenance Printing Binding Total budgeted cost $ 330, eee 65,600 93,308 415, dee 164, eee $1,067,9ea Because of its simplicity, the company has always used the direct method to allocate service department costs to the two operating departments Required: 1. Using the step-down method, allocate the service department costs to the consuming departments. Then compute predetermined overhead rates in the two operating departments. Use machine-hours as the allocation base in the Printing Department and direct labor-hours as the allocation base in the Binding Department. 2 Repeat (1) above, this time using the direct method. Again compute predetermined overhead rates in the Printing and Binding departments. 3. Assume that during the current year the company bids on a job that requires machine and labor time as follows: Printing Department Binding Department Total hours Machine Hours 2.790 see 3,200 Direct Labor-Hours 1,200 13,600 14,800 a. Determine the amount of overhead cost that would be assigned to the job if the company used the overhead rates developed in (1) above. Then determine the amount of overhead cost that would be assigned to the job if the company used the overhead rates developed in (2) above. Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Rea 1 Rea 2 Req 3A Using the step-down method, allocate the service department costs to the consuming departments. Then compute predetermined overhead rates in the two operating departments. Use machine-hours as the allocation base in the Printing Department and direct labor- hours as the allocation base in the Binding Department. (Please enter allocations from a department as negative and allocations to a department as positive. The line should add across to zero. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round "Predetermined overhead rate" to 2 decimal places and rest of the answers to the nearest whole dollar amount.) Show less Maintenance Binding Personnel Custodial Services S 330.000 $ 85,600 Printing $ 415,000 S 93.300 S 164.000 Departmental costs before allocations Allocations Personnel costs Custodial services costs Maintenance costs Total costs after allocations Predetermined overhead rate 330.000 65,600 93.300 415,000 164.000 (REG 1 Req 2 > Prev *** Reg 1 Reg 2 Reg 3A Repeat requirement 1 above, this time using the direct method. Again compute predetermined overhead rates in the Printing and Binding departments. (Please enter allocations from a department as negative and allocations to a department as positive. The line should add across to zero. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round "Predetermined overhead rate" to 2 decimal places and rest of the answers to the nearest whole dollar amount.) Show less Custodial Personnel Services Maintenance Printing Binding Departmental costs before allocations S 330.000 s 65,600 S 93,300 $ 415.000 S 184.000 Allocations: Personnel costs Custodial services costs Maintenance costs Total costs after allocations 330.000 65,600 93,300 415,000 164.000 Predetermined overhead rate Reg 1 Reg 2 Req 3A Determine the amount of overhead cost that would be assigned to the job if the company used the overhead rates developed in requirement 1 above. Then determine the amount of overhead cost that would be assigned to the job if the company used the overhead rates developed in requirement 2. (Round your intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places and final answers to the nearest whole dollar amount.) Show less Total Overhead Cost Step-down method Direct method