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:

	IS	Personnel	Administration	Residential	Commercial
Number of IS service tickets	135	165	120	1,410	940
Number of employees	80	85	72	138	162
Square footage occupied	3,900	8,000	3,800	16,100	69,500

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

Department	Direct Cost	Allocation Base
Information Systems (IS)	$ 26,000	IS service tickets
Personnel	33,000	Employees
Administration	29,700	Square footage occupied

Required:

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

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

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?

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

PLEASE ANSWER ASAP BY NOON TOMORROW

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Assume that the company allocates service department costs to production departments using the direct method. What amount of Information Systems (IS) Department costs will be allocated to the Commercial Department? Note: Do not round intermediate calculations. Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Assume the same method of allocation as in requirement (a). What amount of Personnel Department costs is allocated to the Residential Department? Note: Do not round intermediate calculations. Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. 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? Note: Do not round intermediate calculations. Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Assume the same method of allocation as in requirement (c). What amount of IS Department costs is allocated to Administration? Note: Do not round intermediate calculations