Pepper Department Store allocates its service department expenses to its various operating (sales) departments. The following data is available for its service departments: Expense Basis for allocation AmountRent Square feet of floor space $ 30,000Advertising Amount of dollar sales 42,000Administrative Number of employees 63,000The following information is available for its three operating (sales) departments: Department Square Feet Dollar Sales Number of employeesA 3,600 $ 298,000 12B 4,000 $ 318,000 14C 4,200 $ 444,000 16Totals 11,800 $ 1,060,000 42What is the total advertising expense allocated to Department B?

Personnel expenses would most likely be allocated to operating departments using which allocation base?Multiple choice question.Sales dollars generatedNumber of employeesSquare feet of floor space occupiedPurchase orders processed

Braun Company has one service department and two operating (production) departments. Maintenance Department costs are allocated to the two operating departments based on square feet occupied. Listed below are the operating data for the current period: Department Direct Expenses Square FeetMaintenance $ 25,500  Milling 76,500 10,000Assembly 105,400 15,000 The total cost of operating the Assembly Department for the current period is:

Which service department is most likely to use square feet of floor space occupied as the allocation base to assign its costs to operating departments?Multiple choice question.PersonnelMaintenanceAdvertisingPayroll

The amount by which a department's sales exceed its cost of goods sold and direct expenses is:

A company has sales of $106,000; cost of goods sold of $68,370; and total direct expenses of $7,320. The department’ contribution to overhead is: