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Vortex Company operates a retail store with two departments. Information about t

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Question

Vortex Company operates a retail store with two departments. Information about those departments follows Department A Department B Sales Cost of goods sold Direct expenses $800,000 480,000 $450,000 292,500 Salaries Insurance Utilities Depreciation Maintenance 123,000 10,000 24,500 20,500 6,500 86,000 10,000 25,000 13,500 5,300 The company also incurred the following indirect costs Salaries Insurance Depreciation Office expenses $30,000 7,800 15,600 49,000 Indirect costs are allocated as follows: salaries on the basis of sales, insurance and depreciation on the basis of square footage; and office expenses on the basis of number of employees. Additional information about the departments follows Square footage 30,800 13,200 Number of employees 84 36 Department Required: 1. Determine the departmental contribution to overhead and the departmental net income for department A and Department B. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your final answers to nearest whole dollar.)

Explanation / Answer

Vortex Company

Departmental Contribution Statements

Department A

Department B

Sales

$800,000

$450,000

Cost of goods sold

$480,000

$292,500

Gross margin

$320,000

$157,500

Direct expenses

Salaries

$123,000

$86,000

Insurance

$10,000

$10,000

Utilities

$24,500

$25,000

Depreciation

$20,500

$13,500

Maintenance

$6,500

$5,300

Total Direct expenses

$184,500

$139,800

Departmental Contribution to overhead

$135,500

$17,700

Allocated Indirect expenses

Salaries

$19,200

$10,800

Insurance

$5,460

$2,340

Depreciation

$10,920

$4,680

Office expenses

$34,300

$14,700

Total allocated indirect expenses

$69,880

$32,520

Departmental net income / (Loss)

$65,620

($14820)

Explanation: Allocation of Indirect expenses

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Vortex Company

Departmental Contribution Statements

Department A

Department B

Sales

$800,000

$450,000

Cost of goods sold

$480,000

$292,500

Gross margin

$320,000

$157,500

Direct expenses

Salaries

$123,000

$86,000

Insurance

$10,000

$10,000

Utilities

$24,500

$25,000

Depreciation

$20,500

$13,500

Maintenance

$6,500

$5,300

Total Direct expenses

$184,500

$139,800

Departmental Contribution to overhead

$135,500

$17,700

Allocated Indirect expenses

Salaries

$19,200

$10,800

Insurance

$5,460

$2,340

Depreciation

$10,920

$4,680

Office expenses

$34,300

$14,700

Total allocated indirect expenses

$69,880

$32,520

Departmental net income / (Loss)

$65,620

($14820)