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Required information The Ferre Publishing Company has three service departments and two operating departments. Selected data from a recent period on the five departments follow: Service Departments Operating Departments Administration Janitorial Maintenance Binding Costs Printing Total $142,800 $107,100 $48,960 $280,500 $438,600 $1,017,960 Number of employees 35 140 315 210 760 Square feet of space occupied 15,000 10,000 20,000 40,000 100,000 185,000 Hours of press time 30,000 60,000 90,000 The company allocates service department costs by the step-down method in the following order: Administration (number of employees), Janitorial (space occupied), and Maintenance (hours of press time). Required: Using the step-down method, allocate the service department costs to the operating departments. (Please enter allocations from a department as negative and allocations to a department as positive. The line should add across to zero. Do not round intermediate calculations.) Service Departments Administration Janitorial Maintenance $ 142,800 $ 107,100 $ 48,960 Operating Departments Binding Printing $ 280,500 $ 438,000 $ Total 1,017,960 Departmental costs before allocations Allocations: Administration costs leninisme The company allocates service department costs by the step-down method in the following order: Administration (number of employees), Janitorial (space occupled), and Maintenance (hours of press time). Required: Using the step-down method, allocate the service department costs to the operating departments. (Please enter allocations from a department as negative and allocations to a department as positive. The line should add across to zero. Do not round intermediate calculations.) Service Departments Administration Janitorial Maintenance $ 142,800 $ 107,100 $ 48,960 Operating Departments Binding Printing 280,500 $ 438,600 $ Total 1,017,960 $ Departmental costs before allocations Allocations: Administration costs Janitorial costs Maintenance costs Total costs after allocations $ $ 142,800 107,100 $ 48.960 $ $ 280.500 1,017,960 438,600 $

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