Burton Co. requests assistance allocating costs and determining the profitability of its two departments: Skis and Snowboards. Shared indirect expenses include rent and supervision. Use the Tableau Dashboard, with information from Burton’s December 31 year-end reports, for our analysis. Compute gross profit for each department.2. Allocate rent expense to each department.

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Compute gross profit for each department.

Department Gross Profit
Skis
Snowboards

Allocate rent expense to each department.

Rent expense Allocation Base Percent of Allocation Base Cost to be Allocated Allocated Cost
Department Numerator Denominator % of Total
Skis
Snowboards
Totals