PowerPoint Authors: Susan Coomer Galbreath, Ph.D., CPA Charles W. Caldwell, D.B.A., CMA Jon A. Booker, Ph.D., CPA, CIA Cynthia J. Rooney, Ph.D., CPA Copyright © 2015 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education. Service Department Charges Appendix 11B

11B-2 Learning Objective 6 Charge operating departments for services provided by service departments.

11B-3 Service Department Charges Operating Departments Carry out central purposes of organization. Service Departments Do not directly engage in operating activities.

11B-4 Reasons for Charging Service Department Costs To encourage operating departments to wisely use service department resources. To provide operating departments with more complete cost data for making decisions. To help measure the profitability of operating departments. To create an incentive for service departments to operate efficiently. Service department costs are charged to operating departments for a variety of reasons including:

11B-5 $ Transfer Prices Operating Departments Service Departments The service department charges considered in this appendix can be viewed as a transfer price that is charged for services provided by service departments to operating departments.

11B-6 Charging Costs by Behavior Whenever possible, variable and fixed service department costs should be charged separately.

11B-7 Variable service department costs should be charged to consuming departments according to whatever activity causes the incurrence of the cost. Charging Costs by Behavior

11B-8 Charge fixed service department costs to consuming departments in predetermined lump-sum amounts that are based on the consuming department’s peak-period or long- run average servicing needs. Are based on amounts of capacity each consuming department requires. Should not vary from period to period. Charging Costs by Behavior

11B-9 Should Actual or Budgeted Costs Be Charged? Budgeted variable and fixed service department costs should be charged to operating departments.

11B-10 Sipco has a maintenance department and two operating departments: Cutting and Assembly. Variable maintenance costs are budgeted at $0.60 per machine hour. Fixed maintenance costs are budgeted at $200,000 per year. Data relating to the current year are: Allocate maintenance costs to the two operating departments. Sipco: An Example

11B-11 Actual hours Sipco: End of the Year

11B-12 Percent of peak-period capacity. Sipco: End of the Year Actual hours

11B-13 Quick Check Foster City has an ambulance service that is used by the two public hospitals in the city. Variable ambulance costs are budgeted at $4.20 per mile. Fixed ambulance costs are budgeted at $120,000 per year. Data relating to the current year are:

11B-14 Quick Check How much ambulance service cost will be allocated to Mercy Hospital at the end of the year? a. $121,200 b. $254,400 c. $139,500 d. $117,000 How much ambulance service cost will be allocated to Mercy Hospital at the end of the year? a. $121,200 b. $254,400 c. $139,500 d. $117,000

11B-15 Quick Check How much ambulance service cost will be allocated to Mercy Hospital at the end of the year? a. $121,200 b. $254,400 c. $139,500 d. $117,000 How much ambulance service cost will be allocated to Mercy Hospital at the end of the year? a. $121,200 b. $254,400 c. $139,500 d. $117,000

11B-16 Allocating fixed costs using a variable allocation base that fluctuates period to period. Pitfalls in Allocating Fixed Costs Fixed costs allocated to one department are heavily influenced by what happens in other departments.

11B-17 Using sales dollars as an allocation base. Pitfalls in Allocating Fixed Costs Sales of one department influence the service department costs allocated to other departments.

11B-18 Autos R Us – An Example Autos R Us has one service department and three sales departments, New Cars, Used Cars, and Car Parts. The service department costs total $80,000 for both years in the example. Contrary to good practice, Autos R Us allocates the service department costs based on sales.

11B-19 Autos R Us – First-year Allocation $1,500,000 ÷ $3,000,000 50% of $80,000 In the next year, the manager of the New Cars department increases sales by $500,000. Sales in the other departments are unchanged. Let’s allocate the $80,000 service department cost for the second year given the sales increase.

11B-20 Autos R Us – Second-year Allocation $2,000,000 ÷ $3,500,000 57% of $80,000 If you were the manager of the New Cars department, you would likely complain about the increased service department costs allocated to your department.

11B-21 End of Appendix 11B