Dartmouth Building Products Inc. provides the following information.
Corporate advertising costs = $860,000
Division A – $4,900,000
Division B – $19,600,000
Number of ads run on Division A products 600
Number of ads run on Division B products 4400
Assume that customers with higher revenues benefited more from corporate advertising costs than customers with lower revenues. What is the allocated corporate costs for Division B?
| A. |
$172,000 |
|
| B. |
$215,000 |
|
| C. |
$688,000 |
|
| D. |
$756,800 |
| Allocation of Corporate advertising costs based on revenue to division B | |
| = Corporate advertising costs/ total revenue * revenue of division B | |
| =$860000/($4900000+19600000) *19600000 | |
| =$688000 | |
| Correct Option: C | |
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