Silver Chariots Trucking Company Incurred $5,000 of Indirect Advertising Costs

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Essay

Silver Chariots Trucking Company incurred $5,000 of indirect advertising costs for its operations. The following data have been collected for 2018 for its three departments: $\begin{array}{lrrr}&&&\text { Partsand }\\&\text { New Trucks} &\text { Used Trucks }&\text { Service }\\\text { Sales } & \$ 50,000 & \$ 35,000 & \$ 15,000 \\\text { Direct advertising costs } & \$ 2,500 & \$ 2,000 & \$ 500 \\\text { Newspaper ad space } & 60 \% & 35 \% & 5 \%\end{array}$
Required:
Determine the costs assigned to each department using the following activity drivers:
a.Sales
b.Direct advertising costs
c.Newspaper ad space

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Definitions:

Income-Sharing Ratio

This ratio determines how profits or losses are distributed among partners or stakeholders in a business or investment venture.

Remaining Partners

This term refers to the partners who continue to remain in a partnership arrangement after a partner exits or the partnership undergoes some changes.

Winding Up

The process of liquidating a company's assets, paying off creditors, and distributing remaining assets to shareholders before dissolving the company.

Realization

The sale of assets when a partnership is being liquidated.