Reappointment

STL Co has two production departments (Processing and Packing) and two service departments (Maintenance and Canteen).

The following are budgeted production overhead costs for next period

Factory rent 20,000
Factory heat 5,000
Processing Dept – supervisor 15,000
Packing Dept – supervisor 10,000
Depreciation of equipment 7,000
Factory canteen expenses 18,000
Welfare costs of factory employees 5,000
Total 80,000
processing packing maintenance canteen
cubic space 50,000 m3 25,000 m3 20,000 m3 5,000 m3
nbv equipment $20000 $200000 $200000 $100000
no of employees 40 30 20 10
A suitable basis for sharing out the maintenance costs is the time spent servicing equipment. The amount of time spent by the maintenance department servicing equipment in both production departments was: –

Processing 60%
Packing 40%

The canteen department’s overheads are to be reapportioned on the number of employees in the other three departments.

Reapportion the costs incurred by the two service cost centres to the two production cost centres.

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