Multiple Factor Allocations: Mozart Musik operates four record stores and allocates headquarters' costs based on the arithmetical

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Multiple Factor Allocations: Mozart Musik operates four record stores and allocates headquarters' costs based on the arithmetical average of three factors:

1. Percentage of payroll dollars in each store to the total payroll dollars for all stores.

2. Percentage of sales dollars in each store to the total volume in all stores.

3. Percentage of the average gross book value of tangible assets of each store to the total book value of tangible assets for all stores.

The company has headquarters' costs of $150,000. The relevant factors for the stores are

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Required: Determine the amount of headquarters' costs allocated to each store.

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Cost Accounting

ISBN: 9780256069198

3rd Edition

Authors: Edward B. Deakin, Michael Maher

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