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Ready Company has two operating (production) departments: Assembly and Painting. Assembly has 280 employees and occupies 66,000 square feet; Painting has 120 employees and occupies 44,000 square feet. Indirect factory expenses for the current period are as follows: Administration $ 95,000 Maintenance $ 120,000 Administration is allocated based on workers in each department; maintenance is allocated based on square footage. The amount of maintenance expenses that should be allocated to the Assembly Department for the current period is: Multiple Choice $66,500. $72,000. $138,500. $139,500. $144,000.
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Assembly | Painting | Total | |||
No of Employees | 280.0 | 120.0 | 400.0 | ||
No of Sq Feet | 66,000.0 | 44,000.0 | 110,000.0 | ||
Amount | Expense Base | Per Base Allocation | |||
Adminstrative Expense | 95,000.0 | 400.0 | 237.5 | ||
Maintainance Expense | 120,000.0 | 110,000.0 | 1.1 | ||
Admin Cost | Mainataince Cost | ||||
Assembly | 66,500.0 | 72,000.0 | Base Used* Perbase Allocation | ||
Painting | 28,500.0 | 48,000.0 | |||
95,000.0 | 120,000.0 | ||||
Answer is $72000/- | |||||