Question: 3 Exercise 2 2 - 3 ( Algo ) Service department expenses allocated to operating departments LO P 2 4 . 3 4 points eBook

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Exercise 22-3(Algo) Service department expenses allocated to operating departments LO P2
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Lucia Company has two service departments: Office and Purchasing. Total expenses for the Office is \(\$ 88,600\) and for Purchasing is \(\$ 44,300\). Expenses for the Office are allocated to operating departments based on sales. Expenses for Purchasing are allocated to operating departments based on purchase orders.
\begin{tabular}{lrc}
Department & Sales & \begin{tabular}{c}
Purchase \\
Orders
\end{tabular}\\
Books & \(\$ 202,400\) & 861\\
Magazines & 123,200 & 609\\
Newspapers & 114,400 & 630\\
\cline {2-3} Total & \(\$ 440,000\) & 2,100\\
\hline \hline
\end{tabular}
Allocate the expenses from (a) the Office and (b) Purchasing to each of the company's three operating departments using the given information.
\begin{tabular}{|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|}
\hline Office & Allocation Base & \multicolumn{3}{|c|}{Percent of Allocation Base} & Cost to be Allocated & Allocated Cost \\
\hline Department & & Numerator & Denominator & \% of Total & \multicolumn{2}{|c|}{}\\
\hline Books & & & & & & \\
\hline Magazines & & & & & & \\
\hline Newspapers & & & & & & \\
\hline Totals & & & & & & \\
\hline \multicolumn{7}{|c|}{}\\
\hline Purchasing & Allocation Base & \multicolumn{3}{|c|}{Percent of Allocation Base} & Cost to be Allocated & Allocated Cost \\
\hline Department & & Numerator & Denominator & \% of Total & \multicolumn{2}{|c|}{}\\
\hline Books & & & & & & \\
\hline Magazines & & & & & & \\
\hline Newspapers & & & & & & \\
\hline Totals & & \multicolumn{3}{|c|}{} & & \\
\hline
\end{tabular}
3 Exercise 2 2 - 3 ( Algo ) Service department

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