Multiple Choice
Smart Choices allocates indirect labour costs to its two departments, Lifestyle and Storage Solutions using number of employees per department as the cost driver. For the current year the number of employees in department Lifestyle are estimated to be 50 and for Storage Solutions department 30 and total indirect labour costs for the departments are budgeted at $1,400,000. The amount allocated to the departments are:
A) Lifestyle $48,000: Storage Solutions $80,000
B) Lifestyle $875,000: Storage Solutions $525,000
C) Lifestyle $875,000: Storage Solutions $80,000
D) Lifestyle $525,000: Storage Solutions $875,000
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