Cost of advertising and warehouse expense

Assignment Help Accounting Basics
Reference no: EM13155498

A company has two major businesses that it operates. One business manufactures and sells unicycles for commercial use in circuses, etc. (total sales of $150M), and the other sells bicycles to the public (total sales of $20M). The unicycle business occupies 75,000 square feet of the manufacturing warehouse and the bicycle business occupies the remaining 25,000 square feet. Cost were split 50-50 between the 2 businesses for advertising (total advertising expense of $5M) and warehouse expense (total warehouse expense of $3M) in the past (traditional method).

1. What was the cost of advertising and warehouse expense allocated to each of the business based on the traditional method?

2. What recommendation would you make in allocating these expenses to each of the business and how much would be allocated to each business?

3. What would be some of the issues of too many expenses or too little expenses being allocated to each of the businesses?

Reference no: EM13155498

Questions Cloud

How many of these individuals are probably aa : 500 individuals are in a reproductively isolated community. In these individuals 450 are normal for the Tay-Sachs trait. How many of these individuals are probably Aa?
Computation of cost of goods manufactured : The raw materials and work in process inventories decreased by $4,000 and $3,000, respectively. The total manufacturing costs used in the computation of cost of goods manufactured during the month of April was:
How many individuals would be expected to be homozygous : In a population of 100, 25 individuals are homozygous dominant. How many individuals would be expected to be homozygous recessive?
Compute the theoretical yield of aspirin to be obtained : Calculate the theoretical yield of aspirin to be obtained, starting with 2.0 g of salicylic acid. 2. If 1.8 g of aspirin were obtained in this experiment, what would be the percent yield?
Cost of advertising and warehouse expense : What was the cost of advertising and warehouse expense allocated to each of the business based on the traditional method?
Section of statement of cash flows under direct-indirect : In each case, compute the amount that should be reported in the operating activities section of the statement of cash flows under the direct and indirect method.
Illustrate the total surplus associated : Graphically illustrate the total surplus associated with 2 randomly chosen quantities in the market (put this on two separate diagrams).
Find the cost functions for the following firms : Find the cost functions for the following firms: A firm with production function f(x1,x2) = min{ 2xl,3x2} A firm with production function f(xl,x2) = 2x1 +3x2 A firm with production function f(x1,x2) = In
Which molecule is moving into or out of the potato cells : After the potato strips have been in their respective test tubes for 1 hour, describe the condition of the A strips (limp vs crisp) compared to the B strips.

Reviews

Write a Review

Accounting Basics Questions & Answers

  Company bulletin board system

A new sales representative, Mark Yount, has just received this copy of the month-end fincnail reports. He is puzzled by the term "unearned revenue." He left the following email message for you on the company's bulletin board system: What is this?

  Basics of total controllable cost variance

A company's flexible budget for 48,000 units of production showed variable overhead costs of $72,000 and fixed overhead costs of $64,000. The company incurred overhead costs of $122,800 while operating at a volume of 40,000 units. The total contro..

  Effect of errors on working capital

Indicate the effect of each of these errors on working capital, current ratio (assume that the current ratio is greater than 1), retained earnings, and net income for the current year and the subsequent year.

  Uses of the perpetual inventory system

prepare summary journal entries for 2011 and 2012 to account for the installment sales and cash collections the company uses the perpetual inventory system.

  Determine the amount of the adjustment

If the estimate of loss from uncollectible accounts is based on sales, any existing balance in Allowance for Doubtful Accounts is added to the percentage of sales to determine the amount of the adjustment.

  Allocation of manufacturing overhead

Manufacturing overhead is allocated to products based on the number of machine hours required. In a year when 20,000 machine hours were anticipated, costs were budgeted at $125,000.

  Amount of gross profit for the year

If the cost of goods manufactured during the year amounted to $665,000 and annual sales were $998,000, how much is the amount of gross profit for the year?

  Manufacturing overhead costs

Explain why manufacturing overhead costs cannot be directly associated with any particular product, and how such costs are allocated to each of several company's products under the so-called traditional approach to overhead allocation.

  Realization of the gain on the sale of land

On November 8, 2006, Power Corp. sold land to Wood Co., its wholly owned subsidiary. The land cost $61,500 and was sold to Wood for $89,000. From the perspective of the combination, when is the gain on the sale of the land realized?

  Firm market value and book value per share

The company had 110,000 shares of stock outstanding which sold at a price of $56 per share. By how much did the firm's market value and book value per share differ?

  What is the actual total direct labor cost

Production for the current period was assigned a $200,000 standard direct labor cost. What is the actual total direct labor cost for the current period?

  Determine the division of net income

Prepare a worksheet to determine the division of net income if the net income was (a)$200,000 / (b)$300,000

Free Assignment Quote

Assured A++ Grade

Get guaranteed satisfaction & time on delivery in every assignment order you paid with us! We ensure premium quality solution document along with free turntin report!

All rights reserved! Copyrights ©2019-2020 ExpertsMind IT Educational Pvt Ltd