PLEASE ROUND: Sasha Company allocates the estimated $185,100 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 26
Sales 17
How much of the accounting department costs will be allocated to the production?
Expert Answer
the accounting department costs will be allocated to the production= accounting department costs *Production /Total employees
=$185,100*26/26+17
=$111,921.