Port Hills Gondola is a tourist operation on the outskirts of Dunedin. It provides cable car trips
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Port Hills Gondola is a tourist operation on the outskirts of Dunedin. It provides cable car trips to the highest peak and also operates a café and gift shop on the mountain. Port Hills Gondola allocates indirect expenses to its three departments on the basis of gross profit percentage. The most recent data for the three departments is provided in the following table.
Cable car | Café | Gift shop | |
Sales | $215 000 | $125 000 | $75 000 |
Gross profit percentage of sales | 70% | 10% | 20% |
Indirect expenses for the current year total $124 500.
Required
Determine the allocation of indirect expenses for the current year.
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Accounting
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