Shirley Cycles Ltd operates three selling departments mountain bike, road bike and hybrid. Certain indirect expenses

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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













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Prepare a schedule allocating the indirect expenses to the three departments.

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ISBN: 978-1118608227

9th edition

Authors: Lew Edwards, John Medlin, Keryn Chalmers, Andreas Hellmann, Claire Beattie, Jodie Maxfield, John Hoggett

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