$1,900,000 Human resources (HR) costs Accounting department costs 1,400,000 1,200,000 Rent and depreciation Other 600,000 $5,100,000 Total costs Doughnuts Bread Cake $20,900,000 $4,500,000 $13,400,000 Total revenues Direct costs 14,500,000 3,200,000 7,250,000 $ 6,150,000 300 $ 6,400,000 $1,300,000 Segment margin Number of employees Square feet of space 400 100 4,000 10,000 6,000
Cost allocation to divisions. Forber Bakery makes baked goods for grocery stores and has three divisions: bread, cake, and doughnuts. Each division is run and evaluated separately, but the main headquarters incurs costs that are indirect costs for the divisions. Costs incurred in the main headquarters are as follows:
The Forber upper management currently allocates this cost to the divisions equally. One of the division managers has done some research on activity-based costing and proposes the use of different allocation bases for the different indirect costs—number of employees for HR costs, total revenues for accounting department costs, square feet of space for rent and
- Allocate the indirect costs of Forber to each division equally. Calculate division operating income after allocation of headquarter costs.
- Allocate headquarter costs to the individual divisions using the proposed allocation bases. Calculate the division operating income after allocation. Comment on the allocation bases used to allocate headquarter costs.
- Which division manager do you think suggested this new allocation. Explain briefly. Which allocation do you think is “better?”
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