Restaurants Imperial Garden Ginger Wok Rick's Total Harborside Total sales-Last Year ... Percentage of total sales Allocation (based on the above percentages).... $16,000,000 40% $15,000,000 37.5% $9,000,000 $40,000,000 22.5% $800,000 $750,000 $450,000 $2,000,000 Restaurants Imperial Garden Rick's Harborside Ginger Wok Total Total sales-This Year Percentage of total sales $16,000,000 32% $9,000,000 18% $25,000,000 $50,000,000 ...... 50% 100%

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Sales Dollars as an Allocation Base for Fixed Costs

Konig Enterprises, Ltd., owns and operates three restaurants in Vancouver, B.C. The company allocates its fixed administrative expenses to the three restaurants on the basis of sales dollars. Last year the fixed administrative expenses totaled $2,000,000 and were allocated as follows:

This year the Imperial Garden restaurant increased its sales by $10 million. The sales levels in the other two restaurant remained unchanged. The company’s sales data for this year were as follows:

Fixed administrative expenses for this year remained unchanged at $2,000,000.

Required:

1. Using sales dollars as an allocation base, show the allocation of the fixed administrative expenses among the three restaurants for this year.

2. Calculate the change in each restaurant’s allocated cost from last year to this year. As the manager of the Imperial Garden, how would you feel about the amount that has been charged to you for this year?

3. Comment on the usefulness of sales dollars as an allocation base.

Restaurants
Imperial
Garden
Ginger
Wok
Rick's
Total
Harborside
Total sales-Last Year ...
Percentage of total sales
Allocation (based on the
above percentages)....
$16,000,000
40%
$15,000,000
37.5%
$9,000,000
$40,000,000
22.5%
$800,000
$750,000
$450,000
$2,000,000
Transcribed Image Text:Restaurants Imperial Garden Ginger Wok Rick's Total Harborside Total sales-Last Year ... Percentage of total sales Allocation (based on the above percentages).... $16,000,000 40% $15,000,000 37.5% $9,000,000 $40,000,000 22.5% $800,000 $750,000 $450,000 $2,000,000
Restaurants
Imperial
Garden
Rick's
Harborside
Ginger
Wok
Total
Total sales-This Year
Percentage of total sales
$16,000,000
32%
$9,000,000
18%
$25,000,000
$50,000,000
......
50%
100%
Transcribed Image Text:Restaurants Imperial Garden Rick's Harborside Ginger Wok Total Total sales-This Year Percentage of total sales $16,000,000 32% $9,000,000 18% $25,000,000 $50,000,000 ...... 50% 100%
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