Sasha Company allocates the estimated $198,000 of its accounting department costs to its production and sales

departments since the accounting department supports the other two departments particularly with regard to payroll and

accounts payable functions. The costs will be allocated based on the number of employees using the direct method.

Information regarding costs and employees follows:

Department Employees

Accounting 4

Production 32

Sales 17

How much of the accounting department costs will be allocated to the production?