Vines Company is a manufacturer of women's and men's swimsuits. The company uses a dual-rate system to allocate support

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Vines Company Is A Manufacturer Of Women S And Men S Swimsuits The Company Uses A Dual Rate System To Allocate Support 1 (63 KiB) Viewed 9 times

Use the following allocation bases for fixed support costs:direct costs for accounting, number of employees for humanresources, and square metres for janitorial.
Please allocate fixed support costs using "the reciprocalmethod"
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Support Departments
Operating Departments
Accounting
Human Resources
Janitorial
Women’s
Men’s
Total
Allocation bases
Step 1: Employees
% of Allocation
Step 2:
Square metres
% of Allocation
Step 3:
Direct costs
% of Allocation
Fixed
support costs
Allocations:
Step 1:
Human resources
Step 2:
Janitorial
Step 3: Accounting
Total Allocations
Vines Company is a manufacturer of women's and men's swimsuits. The company uses a dual-rate system to allocate support costs. Last year's support departments' fixed and variable costs are as follows: Variable costs Fixed costs Total cost Accounting $18,420 $55,260 $73,680 Employees Time spent for accounting Time spent cleaning Square metres Direct costs Allocation base amounts for all the departments are as follows: Human Resources Accounting Human Resources $22,104 $100,696 $122,800 2 15% 5% 80 $73,680 2 10% 10% 100 $122,800 Janitorial $60,360 $60,360 $120,720 Total $100,884 $216,316 $317,200 Janitorial Women's 10 Men's 4 6 20% 30% 25% 15% 30% 40% 120 500 500 $120,720 $800,000 $500,000 Total 24 100% 100% 1,300 $1,617,200