MC Qu. 12-42 Management of Wee Ones (WO), an operator... Management of Wee Ones (WO), an operator of day-care facilities, wants the company's profit to be subdivided by center. The firm's accountant has provided the following data: Actual Budgeted Revenue Actual Revenue $ 477,000 $ 338,100 Center Budgeted Direct Costs $ 286,000 Downtown Irvine Direct Costs $ 321,200 394, 200 744,600 715,500 499, 100 457,600 H.Beach 397,500 772,800 686,400 Totals $1,590,000 $1,610,000 $1,430,000 $1,460,000 WO's advertising, which is handled by the home office, is not reflected in the preceding figures and amounted to $62,000. If advertising expense were allocated to centers based on actual center profitability, the amount of advertising expense allocated to the Irvine center would be closest to: Multiple Choice O O O $20,486. $21,696. $31,000. $43,359. None of the answers is correct.

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please help me with all 3 parts, Direct Method, Stepdown Method, and Reciprocal Method Class Examples for Cost Allocation for Multiple Support Departments Example 2 Budgeted Data: Support Departments Facility Service Personnel $100,000 $60,000 6,000 8,000 5 VC or VMOH base: sq ft base: employees 25 Operating Depts Mixing $130,000 12,000 10 Canning $170,000 10,000 20 Assume that the budgeted number of square footage and budgeted number of employees equal the actual for each, respectively. The cost driver for the Facility Service department is square footage and the cost driver for the personnel department is the number of employees 1) Allocate the two support department costs to the two operating departments using a. Direct Method b. Stepdown Method c. Reciprocal Method

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