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Step-down Method (Secondary Apportionment)

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  • This topic has 3 replies, 2 voices, and was last updated 10 years ago by AvatarJohn Moffat.
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  • April 7, 2016 at 8:53 pm #309265
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    Dear Sir,
    After watching your lectures and reading through my study book, I still do not understand the following:
    When doing secondary apportionment using the step-down method, the rule is “Services that do most work should be allocated first”. How do we determine which service does the most work? I tried different examples and do not seem to understand the rationale…
    Thanks in advance for your help.

    April 8, 2016 at 8:43 am #309282
    AvatarJohn Moffat
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    It does not matter which one you allocate first – the final result will be the same.
    However taking the one doing the most work will make it a tiny bit quicker.

    What they actually mean is to take the one doing the most work for the production departments, which is the one doing the smaller percentage for the other service department.

    April 8, 2016 at 5:23 pm #309326
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    “The smaller percentage for the other service department” – Now I understand.
    Thank you very much for your help, Sir

    April 8, 2016 at 5:59 pm #309331
    AvatarJohn Moffat
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    You are welcome 🙂

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