Naples operates a retail store and has two service departments and

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Naples operates a retail store and has two service departments and two operating departments, Shoes and Clothing. During the current year, the departments had the following direct expenses and occupied the flowing amount of floor space.

Department	Direct Expenses	Square Feet
Advertising	$50,000	750
Administrative	100,000	1,500
Shoes	150,000	3,000
Clothing	200,000	9,750

The advertising department developed and aired 150 spots. Of these spots, 60 spots were for Shoes and 90 spots were for Clothing. The store sold $1,500,000 of merchandise during the year; $675,000 in Shoes and $825,000 in Clothing. Indirect expenses include rent, utilities, and insurance expense. Total indirect expenses of $220,000 are allocated to all departments. Prepare a departmental expense allocation spreadsheet for Naples. The spreadsheet should assign (1) direct expenses to each of the four departments, (2) allocate the indirect expenses to each department on the basis of floor space occupied, (3) the advertising departments expenses to the two operating departments on the basis of ad spots placed promoting each departments products, (4) the administrative departments expenses based on the amount of sales. Complete the departmental expense allocation spreadsheet below. Provide supporting computations for the expense allocations below the spreadsheet.

Naples
Departmental Expense Allocations
For Year Ended December 31

	Advertising	Administrative	Shoes	Clothing
Direct Expenses
Direct expenses
Indirect expenses
Indirect expenses

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