"This is really an odd situation," said Jim Carter, general manager of Highland Publishing Company. "We get most of the jobs we bid on that require a lot of press time in the Printing Department, yet profits on those jobs are never as high as they ought to be. On the other hand, we lose most of the jobs we bid on that require a lot of time in the Binding Department. I would be inclined to think that the problem is with our overhead rates, but we're already computing separate overhead rates for each department. So what else could be wrong?" Highland Publishing Company is a large organization that offers a variety of printing and binding work. The Printing and Binding departments are supported by three service departments. The costs of these service departments are allocated to other departments in the order listed below. The Personnel cost is allocated based on number of employees. The Custodial Services cost is allocated based on square feet of space occupied and the Maintenance cost is allocated based on machine-hours. Department Total Labor- Hours Square Feet of Space Occupied Number of Employees Machine- Hours Direct Labor- Hours Personnel 16,800 12, 200 23 Custodial Services 8, 400 3, 300 42 Maintenance 14,900 10, 200 63 Printing 31,000 40, 900 109 163,000 18,000 Binding 108,000 20, 500 308 49,000 74,000 179, 100 87,100 545 212,000 92,000 Budgeted overhead costs in each department for the current year are shown below: Personnel Custodial Services Maintenance Printing Binding Total budgeted cost $ 330,000 65, 600 93, 900 419,000 169,000 $ 1,077,500 Because of its simplicity, the company has always used the direct method to allocate service department costs to the two operating departments. Required: 1. Using the step-down method, allocate the service department costs to the consuming departments. Then compute predetermined overhead rates in the two operating departments. Use machine-hours as the allocation base in the Printing Department and direct labor-hours as the allocation base in the Binding Department. 2. Repeat (1) above, this time using the direct method. Again compute predetermined overhead rates in the Printing and Binding departments. 3. Assume that during the current year the company bids on a job that requires machine and labor time as follows: Printing Department Binding Department Total hours Machine-Hours 2,500 500 3,000 Direct Labor- Hours 1,000 14,000 15,000 a. Determine the amount of overhead cost that would be assigned to the job if the company used the overhead rates developed in (1) above. Then determine the amount of overhead cost that would be assigned to the job if the company used the overhead rates developed in (2) above. Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Req 1 Req 2 Req 3A Determine the amount of overhead cost that would be assigned to the job if the company used the overhead rates developed in requirement 1 above. Then determine the amount of overhead cost that would be assigned to the job if the company used the overhead rates developed in requirement 2. (Round your intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places and final answers to the nearest whole dollar amount.) Total Overhead Cost Step-down method $ 6 Direct method $ Show less▲