Bens Corporation has three service departments (Repairs, HR, and IT) and two production departments (M1...

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Bens Corporation has three service departments (Repairs, HR, and IT) and two production departments (M1 and M2). The following usage data for each of the service departments for the previous period follow.

Repairs

HR

IT

M1

M2

Repairs

0

%

0

%

40

%

60

%

HR

10

%

20

%

35

%

35

%

IT

0

%

10

%

20

%

70

%

The direct costs of the service departments in the previous period were $64,000 for Repairs, $83,600 for HR, and $144,000 for IT.

Required:

Use the direct method to allocate the service department costs to the production departments. (Negative amounts should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculations.)

repairs

hr

it

m1

m2

service dept cost

64000

83600

144000

0

0

repairs allocation

-64000

0

0

25600

38400

hr allocation

it allocation

-144000

total cost allocated

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