David Jones, the new administrator for a surgical clinic, was trying to determine how to allocate his indirect expenses. His staff was complaining that the current method of taking a percentage of revenues was unfair. He decided to try to allocate utilities based on square footage of each department, administration based on direct costs, and laboratory based on tests. Use the information in the chart below to answer the question. Square FootageDirect ExpensesLab Tests
Utilities 200,000
Administration2,000500,000
Laboratory2,000625,000
Day-op Suite3,0001,400,0004,000
Cystoscopy1,500350,000500
Endoscopy1,500300,000500
Total10,0003,375,0005,000
Based on the scenario above, what are the Cystoscopy Department's total expenses?

The Cystoscopy Department's total expenses are $380,500

Explanation:

According to the given data we have the following:

For Cystoscopy Department,

(A) The Direct Expenses are $350,000

(B) Lab Tests are $500

We should need to calculate the allocation of Utilities for 1500 square feet and then add all these 3 costs.

Total Square feet is 10,000 and Total Expenses for Utilities is $200,000

So per Square foot expense for Utilities = $200,000 / 10,000 = 20 per square foot

(C) So, for Utilities having 1,500 square foot space, the cost allocated = 1,500 X 20 = $30,000

Adding all (A) + (B) + (C), the total expenses for Cystoscopy Department are

$350,000 + $500 + $30,000 = $380,500

The Cystoscopy Department's total expenses are $380,500

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