FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
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ISBN: 9781259964947
Author: Libby
Publisher: MCG
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In divisional income statements prepared for Demopolis Company, the Payroll Department costs are charged back to user divisions on the basis of the number of payroll distributions, and the Purchasing Department costs are charged back on the basis of the number of purchase requisitions. The Payroll Department had expenses of $51,792, and the Purchasing Department had expenses of $22,000 for the year. The following annual data for Residential, Commercial, and Government Contract divisions were obtained from corporate records:

 
Residential

Commercial
Government
Contract
Sales $ 460,000   $ 609,000   $ 1,399,000  
Number of employees:
  Weekly payroll (52 weeks per year) 170   65   70  
  Monthly payroll 36   47   34  
Number of purchase            
  requisitions per year 2,100   1,500   1,400  

a.  Determine the total amount of payroll checks and purchase requisitions processed per year by the company and each division.

  Residential Commercial Government Contract Total
Number of payroll checks:  
Weekly payroll fill in the blank 1 fill in the blank 2 fill in the blank 3  
Monthly payroll fill in the blank 4 fill in the blank 5 fill in the blank 6  
Total fill in the blank 7 fill in the blank 8 fill in the blank 9 fill in the blank 10
Number of purchase requisitions per year fill in the blank 11 fill in the blank 12 fill in the blank 13 fill in the blank 14

b.  Using the activity base information in (a), determine the annual amount of payroll and purchasing costs charged back to the Residential, Commercial, and Government Contract divisions from payroll and purchasing services. Do not round your interim calculations, round your answers to two decimal places, if required.

Service department charge rates:
Payroll Department $fill in the blank 15 per payroll check
Purchasing Department $fill in the blank 16 per purchase requisition



  Residential Commercial Government Contract Total
Service department charges: 
Payroll Department $fill in the blank 17 $fill in the blank 18 $fill in the blank 19 $fill in the blank 20
Purchasing Department fill in the blank 21 fill in the blank 22 fill in the blank 23 fill in the blank 24
Total $fill in the blank 25 $fill in the blank 26 $fill in the blank 27  
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