Aspen Corporation has two divisions, East and West. Its corporate office is separate from these divisions and incurred $190,000 in administrative costs during the year. These costs are allocated to the divisions based on their individual revenues. During the year, the East and West divisions had revenues of $1,800,000 and $2,200,000, respectively. How much of the administrative cost should be assigned to the East division based on the cost allocation rule described?

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Finley Ferguson

23 June, 10:26

Aspen Corporation has two divisions, East and West. Its corporate office is separate from these divisions and incurred $190,000 in administrative costs during the year. These costs are allocated to the divisions based on their individual revenues. During the year, the East and West divisions had revenues of $1,800,000 and $2,200,000, respectively. How much of the administrative cost should be assigned to the East division based on the cost allocation rule described?

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Joey Hess · Answer 1

Answer: the administrative cost that should be assigned to the East division is $85,500.

Explanation: The East division should be assigned with the 45% of the administrative revenues since the total revenues obtained by the two divisions is $1,800,000 plus $2,200,000 equals $4,000,000. $4,000,000 is the total and $1,800,000 is the 45% of the total ($1,800,000 times 100 divided by $4,000,000). 45% of $190,000 is $85,500.