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Yole Incorporated Has Two Service Departments (Accounting and Human Resources)

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Yole Incorporated has two service departments (Accounting and Human Resources) and two production departments (Design and Finishing). The company uses the direct method of service-department cost allocation, allocating Accounting cost on the basis of square footage and Human Resources cost on the basis of number of employees. Budgeted allocation-base and operating data for the four departments are as follows.
 Accounting  Human  Resources  Design  Finishing  Square feet 4,0002,00050,00060,000 Employees 2520140160 Machine hours 20080,00020,000 Labor hours 45,00025,000100,000150,000\begin{array} { l c l l l } & {\text { Accounting }} & {\text { Human }} & & \\& & \underline{ \text { Resources } }& \underline{ \text { Design } } & \underline{\text { Finishing } }\\\text { Square feet } & 4,000 & 2,000 & 50,000 & 60,000 \\\text { Employees } & 25 & 20 & 140 & 160 \\\text { Machine hours } & 200 & { \cdots } & 80,000 & 20,000 \\\text { Labor hours } & 45,000 & 25,000 & 100,000 & 150,000\end{array} Additional information:
Budgeted costs of Accounting and Human Resources respectively amount to $2,240,000 and $1,500,000.
The anticipated overhead costs incurred directly in the Design and Finishing Departments respectively total $3,840,000 and $3,340,000.
The manufacturing overhead application bases used by Yole's production departments are: Design, labour hours; Finishing, machine hours.
Yole's policy holds that a department's overhead application rate is based on a department's own overhead plus an allocated share of service-department cost.
Required:
A. Allocate the company's service-department costs to the producing departments.
B. Compute the overhead application rates for Design and Finishing.

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