Western Services has three service departments: Information Systems $($IS$),$ Personnel, and Administration. There are two operating departments: Residential and Commercial. A summary of costs and other data for each department prior to allocation of service department costs for the latest period follows:

$\backslash$table$[[,$IS$,$Personnel,Adninistration Residential,Compercial,$],[$Number of IS service tickets,$115,145,100,1,410,940],[$Number of employees,$60,65,52,138,162],[$Square footage occupied,$3,900,8,600,3,800,16,100,69,500]]$

The costs of the service departments and the allocation basis for each department follow.

$\backslash$table$[[$Department$,$Direct Cost,Allocation Base$],[$Information Systems $($IS$),$S $22,800,$IS service tickets$],[$Personnel$,29,090,$Enployees$],[$Adainistration$,25,700,$Square footage occupied$]]$

Requlred:

a$.$ Assume that the company allocates service department costs to production departments using the clirect method. What amount of Information Systems $($IS$)$ Department costs will be allocated to the Commercial Department?

b$.$ Assume the same method of allocation as in requirement $($a$).$ What amount of Personnel Department costs is allocated to the Residential Department?

c$.$ Assuming that the company allocates service department costs to other departments using the step method $($starting with Administration and then IS$),$ what amount of Administration Department costs is allocated to the IS Department?

d$.$ Assume the same method of allocation as in requirement $($c$).$ What amount of IS Department costs is allocated to Administration?

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