Question

Romain Surgical Hospital uses the direct method to allocate service department costs to operating departments. The hospital has two service departments, Information Technology and Administration, and two operating departments, Surgery and Recovery. Service Department Operating Department Information Technology Administration Surgery Recovery Departmental costs $ 36,294 $ 36,282 $ 522,320 $ 720,360 Computer workstations 43 20 74 64 Employees 39 25 94 47 Information Technology Department costs are allocated on the basis of computer workstations and Administration Department costs are allocated on the basis of employees. The total Surgery Department cost after service department allocations is closest to:

Answer 1

Romain Surgical Hospital

The total Surgery Department cost after service department allocations is closest to:

$ 565,970

Step-by-step explanation:

a) Data and Calculations:

Service Department Operating Department

Information Technology Administration Surgery Recovery

Departmental costs $ 36,294 $ 36,282 $ 522,320 $ 720,360

Computer workstations 43 20 74 64

Employees 39 25 94 47

Information Technology costs allocated based on the Computer workstations $36,294/138 = $263 per workstation

Administration costs allocated based on the number of employees:

$36,282/141 = $257.32

Direct Allocation of Service Departments' Costs:

Service Department Operating Department

Information Technology Administration Surgery Recovery

Departmental costs $ 36,294 $ 36,282 $ 522,320 $ 720,360

Information Techn. (36,294) 0 19,462 16,832

Administration 0 (36,282) 24,188 12,094

Total costs 0 0 $ 565,970 $ 749,286