Question

Mervon Company has two operating departments: Mixing and Bottling. Mixing occupies 26,220 square feet. Bottling occupies 17,480 square feet. Indirect factory costs include maintenance costs of $204,000. If maintenance costs are allocated to operating departments based on square footage occupied, determine the amount of maintenance costs allocated to each operating department.

Answer 1

Answer and Explanation:

Given:

Mixing department occupies = 26,220 square feet

Bottling department occupies = 17,480 square feet.

Total maintenance costs = $204,000

Computation of total area:

Total area = (26,220 + 17,480) square feet

Total area = 43,700 square feet

Computation of mixing department maintenance costs:

Mixing department maintenance costs = Total maintenance costs(Mixing department area / Total area)

Mixing department maintenance costs = $204,000(26,220 / 43,700)

Mixing department maintenance costs = $204,000(0.6)

Mixing department maintenance costs = $122,400

Computation of bottling department maintenance costs:

Bottling department maintenance costs = Total maintenance costs(Bottling department area / Total area)

Bottling department maintenance costs = $204,000(17,480 / 43,700)

Bottling department maintenance costs = $204,000(0.4)

Bottling department maintenance costs = $81,600