Grassley Corporation Allocates Administrative Costs on the Basis of Staff

question 30

Multiple Choice

Grassley Corporation allocates administrative costs on the basis of staff hours. Short-run monthly usage and anticipated long-run monthly usage of staff hours for Operating Departments 1 and 2 follow.

If Grassley uses dual-cost accounting procedures and variable administrative costs total $200,000, the amount of variable administrative cost to allocate to Department 1 would be:

• A) $80,000.
• B) $85,000.
• C) $90,000.
• D) $100,000.
• E) None of the answers is correct.

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