What amount of shipping department costs should be allocated


Rand Company sells fine collectible statues and has implemented activity-based costing. Costs in the shipping department have been divided into three cost pools. The first cost pool contains costs that are related to packaging and shipping and Rand has determined that the number of boxes shipped is an appropriate cost driver for these costs. The second cost pool is made up of costs related to the final inspection of each item before it is shipped and the cost driver for this pool is the number of individual items that are inspected and shipped. The final cost pool is used for general operations and supervision of the department and the cost driver is the number of shipments. Information about the department is summarized below:
Cost Pool Total Costs Cost Driver Annual Activity
Packaging and shipping $170,000 Number of boxes shipped 25,000 boxes
Final inspection Number of individual
$200,000 items shipped 100,000 items
General operations
and supervision $85,000 Number of orders 10,000 orders

During the period, the Far East sales office generated 680 orders for a total of 6,120 items. These orders were shipped in 1,495 boxes. What amount of shipping department costs should be allocated to these sales?

 

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