Marathon Running Shop has two service departments (advertising and administrative) and two operating departments (shoes and clothing). During 2015, the departments had the following direct expenses and occupied the following amount of floor space. Department | Direct Expenses | Square Feet | Advertising | $ | 15,000 | | | 1,540 | | Administrative | | 22,000 | | | 700 | | Shoes | | 118,000 | | | 5,180 | | Clothing | | 19,000 | | | 6,580 | | The advertising department developed and distributed 230 advertisements during the year. Of these, 23 promoted shoes and 207 promoted clothing. The store sold $260,000 of merchandise during the year. Of this amount, $145,600 is from the shoes department, and $114,400 is from the clothing department. The utilities expense of $66,000 is an indirect expense to all departments. | Complete a departmental expense allocation spreadsheet for Marathon Running Shop. The spreadsheet should assign (1) direct expenses to each of the four departments, (2) the $66,000 of utilities expense to the four departments on the basis of floor space occupied, (3) the advertising departments expenses to the two operating departments on the basis of the number of ads placed that promoted a departments products, and (4) the administrative departments expenses to the two operating departments based on the amount of sales. | | | Utilities | Allocation Base | Percent of Allocation Base | Cost to be Allocated | Allocated Cost | Department | Floor space occupied | Numerator | Denominator | % of Total | | | Advertising | 1,540 | 1,540 | 14,000 | 11.00 | $66,000 | $7,260 | Administrative | 700 | 700 | 14,000 | 5.00 | 66,000 | 3,300 | Shoes | 5,180 | 5,180 | 14,000 | 37.00 | 66,000 | 24,420 | Clothing | 6,580 | 6,580 | 14,000 | 47.00 | 66,000 | 31,020 | Totals | 14,000 | | | 100.00 | | $66,000 | Advertising | Allocation Base | Percent of Allocation Base | Cost to be Allocated | Allocated Cost | Department | Number of ads | Numerator | Denominator | % of Total | | | Shoes | 23 | 23 | 230 | 10.00 | | | Clothing | 207 | 207 | 230 | 90.00 | | | Totals | 230 | | | 100.00 | | | Administrative | Allocation Base | Percent of Allocation Base | Cost to be Allocated | Allocated Cost | Department | | Numerator | Denominator | % of Total | | | Shoes | | | | 0 | | | Clothing | | | | 0 | | | Totals | | | | 0 | | | MARATHON RUNNING SHOP | Departmental Expense Allocation Spreadsheet | For Year Ended December 31, 2015 | | Expense Totals | Advertising | Administrative | Shoes | Clothing | | Direct expense | | | | | | | Indirect utilities expenses | 0 | | | | | | Total dept. exp. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Service Dept. Expenses | | | | | | | Advertising Dept. | | 0 | | | | | Administrative Dept. | | | 0 | | | | Total expenses allocated | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | | | | |