Problem
Sasha Company allocates the estimated $197,100 of its accounting department costs to its production and sales departments since the accounting department supports the other two departments particularly with regard to payroll and accounts payable functions. The costs will be allocated based on the number of employees using the direct method. Information regarding costs and employees follows:
Department Employees
Accounting 4
Production 35
Sales 12
How much of the accounting department costs will be allocated to the production?