Single-rate, dual-rate, and practical capacity allocation. Preston Department Store has a new promotional program that offers a free gift-wrapping service for its customers. Preston's customer-service department has practical capacity to wrap 5,000 gifts at a budgeted fixed cost of $4,950 each month. The budgeted variable cost to gift-wrap an item is $0.35. During the most recent month, the department bud- geted to wrap 4,500 gifts. Although the service is free to customers, a gift-wrapping service cost allocation is made to the department where the item was purchased. The customer-service department reported the following for the most recent month: Home Insert Page Layout Formulas Data B Actual Items Department Giftware Budgeted Items Wrapped 1,000 Wrapped 1,200 Women's Apparel 4 Fragrances Men's Apparel 850 650 1,000 750 900 450 Domestics 900 800 Total 4,500 4.000
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Using the single-rate method, allocate gift-wrapping costs to different departments in the following way:
Q.Calculate the budgeted rate based on the practical gift-wrapping capacity available and allocate costs based on actual usage.
![Single-rate, dual-rate, and practical capacity allocation. Preston Department Store has a new
promotional program that offers a free gift-wrapping service for its customers. Preston's customer-service
department has practical capacity to wrap 5,000 gifts at a budgeted fixed cost of $4,950 each month. The
budgeted variable cost to gift-wrap an item is $0.35. During the most recent month, the department bud-
geted to wrap 4,500 gifts. Although the service is free to customers, a gift-wrapping service cost allocation
is made to the department where the item was purchased. The customer-service department reported the
following for the most recent month:
Home
Insert
Page Layout
Formulas
Data
B
Actual Items
Department
Giftware
Budgeted
Items Wrapped
1,000
Wrapped
1,200
Women's Apparel
4 Fragrances
Men's Apparel
850
650
1,000
750
900
450
Domestics
900
800
Total
4,500
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