USUTVU.ca Unit 6 Question 1: (15 marks total) Dwight Hardware and Lumber will allocate the Personnel and Payroll Department's costs to the sales departments of Machines, Automotive, and Furniture. Personnel and Payroll also provide services to each other. Personnel costs are allocated by number of employees, and payroll costs are allocated by gross payroll dollars. Costs and other information for January were as follows: Current costs Personnel Payroll $13,800 $6,400 $3,000 $1,500 5 3 Machines Automotive Furniture $24,400 $40,000 $31,500 $5,600 $8,700 $4,050 Gross payroll Number of employees 15 4 Required a. Prepare a schedule, which includes the total cost of operating the sales departments for January. Allocate service costs using the step-down method with the sequence of allocation based on highest percentage support concept. service depa tments, P1 and P2. The data for June were as follows: Dept. From: Costs S1 S1 75,000 S2 100,000 20% P1 425,000 P2 545,000 Provided to: S2 P1 P2 25% 35% 40% 30% 50% mired a. Set up algebraic equations in linear equation form for th