Question

Riemer, Inc. has four departments. Information about these departments is listed below. Maintenance is a service department. If allocated maintenance cost is based on floor space occupied by each of the other departments, compute the amount of maintenance cost allocated to the Cutting Department.

Maintenance Cutting Assembly Packaging
Direct costs $20,000 $32,000 $72,000 $47,000
Sq. ft. of space 600 1,100 2,100 3,050
No. of employees 4 4 18 6

a. $3,520.
b. $5,000.
c. $20,000.
d. $3,874.

Answer 1

a. $3,520.

Step-by-step explanation:

The computation of the amount of maintenance cost allocated to the Cutting Department is given below:

= maintenance cost ÷ total floor space excluding maintenance cost

= $20,000 ÷ 6,250 × 1,100

= $3,520.

hence, the option is A.$3,520.

The 6,250 comes from

= 1,100 + 2,100 + 3,050

= 6,250