Sams Storage Solutions operates four departments kitchen, bathroom, office and laundry. When preparing a departmental income
Question:
Sam’s Storage Solutions operates four departments — kitchen, bathroom, office and laundry. When preparing a departmental income statement, the store’s accountant allocates indirect expenses using the following allocation bases:
Indirect expense | Allocation base | Total amount | |||
Rent Personnel Insurance Advertising | Relative value of floor space Number of employees Value of inventory Sales | $280 000 60 000 90 000 240 000 |
The following data were obtained for the four departments:
Kitchen | Bathroom | Office | Laundry | ||||
Sales Floor space (m2) Number of employees Value of inventory | $624 400 297 4 $74 000 | 312 200 198 2 $185 000 | $ 468 300 99 3 $37 000 | $156 100 99 1 $74 000 |
The kitchen department is located at the front of the store and the other departments are at the back. For the purposes of the allocation of the rent expense, it is assumed that the front of the store is twice as valuable as the back.
Required
Prepare a schedule showing the allocation of the indirect expenses to the three departments.
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Accounting
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9th edition
Authors: Lew Edwards, John Medlin, Keryn Chalmers, Andreas Hellmann, Claire Beattie, Jodie Maxfield, John Hoggett