The following is a partially completed departmental expense allocation spreadsheet for brickland. it reports the total amounts of direct and
indirect expenses for its four departments. purchasing department expenses are allocated to the operating departments on the basis of
purchase orders. maintenance department expenses are allocated based on square footage. compute the amount of maintenance
department expense to be allocated to fabrication.
purchasing maintenance fabrication assembly
$32,000 $18,000 $96,000 $62,000
operating costs
no. of purchase orders
sq. ft. of space
16
3,300
2,700