Variable and Fixed Costs

Q. RCR has two support departments, X1 and X2, and two operating departments, Z1 and Z2. RCR has decided to use the direct method and allocate variable X1 dept. costs based on the number of transactions and fixed X1 dept. costs based on the number of employees. X2 dept. variable costs will be allocated based on the number of service requests and fixed costs will be allocated based on the number of computers. The following information is provided: 

  Support Departments Operating Departments
  X1 X2 Z1 Z2
Total Department variable costs 12,500 15,000 95,000 52,500
Total department fixed costs 14,500 27,500 105,000 45,000
Number of transactions 38 45 175 112
Number of employees 14 18 38 30
Number of service requests 30 18 38 25
Number of computers 15 20 25 30

 

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You are required to allocate the variable and fixed costs.

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