Trontex manufactures televisions and screens in two main production departments: TVs and screens. Trontex also has two service departments: Information technology and Human resources. The budgeted costs in the two service departments; information technology and human resources, are 550,000 and 450,000 respectively. Trontex allocated the costs of the information technology service department first when using the step-down method. The usage of the two service departments-output for the year is as follows:

	Provider of service
User of service	Information technology	Human resources
Information technology	-	45%
Human resources	50%	-
Tvs	25%	25%
Screens	25%	30%

If Trontex uses the direct method to allocate the budgeted costs of the information technology department, what would be the budgeted cost allocated to the TVs department?

1. 275,000
2. 300,000
3. 550,000
4. 450,000