Question

Mervon Company has two operating departments: Mixing and Bottling. Mixing has 330 employees and Bottling has 220 employees. Indirect factory costs include administrative costs of $192,000. Administrative costs are allocated to operating departments based on the number of workers. Determine the administrative costs allocated to each operating department.

Answer 1

Mixing= $115,199.7

Bottling= $76,799.8

Step-by-step explanation:

First, we need to calculate the allocation rate for Administrative costs:

Allocation rate= total estimated costs for the period/ total amount of allocation base

Allocation rate= 192,000 / (330 + 220)

Allocation rate= $349.09 per employee

Now, we can allocate costs:

Mixing= 330*349.09= $115,199.7

Bottling= 220*349.09= $76,799.8