Exercise 9-3 Service department expenses allocated to operating departments LO P2 Advertising department expenses of $57,800 and...

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Exercise 9-3 Service department expenses allocated to operatingdepartments LO P2

Advertising department expenses of $57,800 and purchasingdepartment expenses of $57,800 of Cozy Bookstore are allocated tooperating departments on the basis of dollar sales and purchaseorders, respectively. Information about the allocation bases forthe three operating departments follows.
  

DepartmentSalesPurchase Orders
Books$184,900816
Magazines107,500476
Newspapers137,600408
Total$430,0001,700

  
Complete the following table by allocating the expenses of the twoservice departments (advertising and purchasing) to the threeoperating departments.

Complete the following table by allocating the expenses of thetwo service departments (advertising and purchasing) to the threeoperating departments.

AdvertisingAllocation BasePercent of Allocation BaseCost to be AllocatedAllocated Cost
DepartmentNumeratorDenominator% of Total
Books
Magazines
Newspapers
Totals
PurchasingAllocation BasePercent of Allocation BaseCost to be AllocatedAllocated Cost
DepartmentNumeratorDenominator% of Total
Books
Magazines
Newspapers
Totals
COZY BOOKSTORE
Departmental Expense AllocationSpreadsheet
Expense TotalsAdvertisingPurchasingBooksMagazinesNewspapers
Total department expenses$578,000$57,800$57,800$138,700$115,600$208,100
Service Dept. Expenses
Advertising Dept.
Purchasing Dept.
Total expensesallocated$578,000

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Advertisement Allocation Percentage of allocation base Cost to be Allocated
Base Numerator Denominator % of total Allocated Cost
Department
Books Sales 184900 430000 43.00% 57800 24854
magazines Sales 107500 430000 25.00% 57800 14450
Newspaper Sales 137600 430000 32.00% 57800 18496
Total 430000 100.00% 50000
57800
Purchasing Allocation Percentage of allocation base Cost to be Allocated
Base Numerator Denominator % of total Allocated Cost
Department
Books Orders 816 1700 48% 57800 27744
magazines Orders 476 1700 28.00% 57800 16184
Newspaper Orders 408 1700 24.00% 57800 13872
Total 1700 100.00% 57800
Departmental Expense Allocation Spreadsheet
Expenses Advertisemtn Purchasing Books Magazines Newspaper
Total Total Deptt. Deptt. Deptt. Deptt.
Total Deptt expense 578000 57800 57800 138700 115600 208100
Service deptt expense
Advertising -57800 24854 14450 18496
Purchasing -57800 27744 16184 13872
Total Expense allocated 0 0 191298 146234 240468

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