%E14-23 (similar to) Question Help Botticelli Hotel & Casino is situated on beautiful Lake Tahoe in Nevada. The You are also given the following data on the three divisions. complex includes a 300-room hotel, a casino, and a restaurant. As Botticelli's new Click the icon to view the data.) controller, your manager asks you to recommend the basis the hotel should use for allocating fixed overhead costs to the three divisions in 2017. You are You are told that you may choose to allocate indirect costs based on one of the presented with the following income statement information for 2016: following: direct costs, floor space, or the number of employees. Total fixed (Click the icon to view the data.) overhead costs for 2016 were $14,630,000. Read the requirements. Requirement 1. Calculate division margins in percentage terms prior to allocating fixed overhead costs. (Round your answers to two decimal places, X.XX.) Hotel Restaurant Casino Division margin 42.94 % 30.69 % 64.55 % Requirement 2. Allocate indirect costs to the three divisions using each of the three allocation bases suggested. For each allocation base, calculate division operating margins after allocations, in dollars and as a percentage of revenues. Allocate the indirect costs, then calculate the division operating margin in dollars and as a percentage of revenue for each segment. Begin with cost allocation based on direct costs. (Round percentages, including intermediate calculations, to two decimal places, X.XX%. Round dollar amounts to the nearest dollar. Use parentheses or a minus sign for negative amounts.) Hotel Restaurant Casino Botticelli Allocated fixed overhead costs Operating margin Operating margin % % % % Enter any number in the edit fields and then click Check Answer. - X i Data Table Casino $ Revenues Direct costs Hotel Restaurant 17,130,000 $ 5,520,000 $ 9,775,000 3,826,100 7,355,000 $ 1,693,900 $ 12,390,000 4,392,300 $ 7,997,700 Segment margin Print Done X Data Table JIC Hotel 115,000 480 Restaurant 23,000 Floor space (square feet) Number of employees Casino 92,000 600 120 g CE Print Done 0 Requirements . m ot os is 1. Calculate division margins in percentage terms prior to allocating fixed overhead costs. 2. Allocate indirect costs to the three divisions using each of the three allocation bases suggested. For each allocation base, calculate division operating margins after allocations, in dollars and as a percentage of revenues. 3. Discuss the results. How would you decide how to allocate indirect costs to the divisions? Why? 4. Would you recommend closing any of the three divisions (and possibly reallocating resources to other divisions) as a result of your analysis? If so, which division would you close and why? cu 19 UJ Print Done