Question

Marshall Welding Company has two service departments (Cafeteria and Human Resources) and two production departments (Machining and Assembly). The number of employees in each department follows. Cafeteria 20 Human Resources 30 Machining 100 Assembly 150 Marshall Welding uses the step-down method of cost allocation and allocates cost on the basis of employees. Human Resources cost amounts to $1,200,000, and the department provides more service to the firm than Cafeteria. How much Human Resources cost would be allocated to Machining

Answer 1

the cost of Human Resources would be allocated to Machining is $480,000

Step-by-step explanation:

The computation of the cost of Human Resources would be allocated to Machining is given below:

= Cost of the human resource × machining department ÷ (machining department + assembly department)

= $1,200,000 × 100 ÷ (100 + 150)

= $480,000

hence, the cost of Human Resources would be allocated to Machining is $480,000