Shirley Cycles Ltd operates three selling departments mountain bike, road bike and hybrid. Certain indirect expenses
Question:
Shirley Cycles Ltd operates three selling departments — mountain bike, road bike and hybrid. Certain indirect expenses are allocated to the selling departments as follows.
Amount | Basis of allocation | |||
Marketing Repairs department Building occupancy Insurance on inventory Administration | $ 56 000 132 800 72 200 73 600 58 800 | Sales Payroll Floor space Average inventory Sales | ||
The following information is obtained from store records for the last financial year:
Mountain bike | Road bike | Hybrid | |||||||
Number of repairs Square metres of floor space Sales Average inventory | 45 800 $420 000 $115 500 | 60 700 $1 008 000 $122 100 | 45 500 $252 000 $92 400 | ||||||
Required
Prepare a schedule allocating the indirect expenses to the three departments.
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