Question

The three service departments (indirect costs) are payroll, sales supervision and maintenance. The actual costs of these service departments are as follows:

Payroll Sales Supervision Maintenance
Salaries and wages $41,000 $80,000 $52,000
Office supplies $3,500 $1,600 $400
Supplies 0 $2,400 $7,500

The two operating departments and their statistics are as follows:

Square Footage Number of Employees Net Assets
Machining 14,500 78 $ 420,000
Assembly 46,000 42 280,000

If you allocate payroll department costs by number of employees then how much payroll cost is allocated to the Machining Department?

Answer 1

$26,700

Step-by-step explanation:

The solution of allocation of cost to machining department is provided below:-

First we need to find out the total payroll cost and total number of employees to reach the allocation of cost to machining department which is here below:-

Total Payroll costs = Payroll of salaries and wages + Payroll of office supplies

= $41,000 + $3,500

= $44,500

Total Number of employees = Machining number of employees + Assembly number of employees

= 78 + 52

= 130

Allocation of cost to Machining Department = Total Payroll costs ÷ Total Number of employees × Machining number of employees

= 44,500 ÷ 130 × 78

= $26,700

To reach allocation of cost to machining department we simply put the values into formula.