Problem

Sasha Company allocates the estimated $197,100 of its accounting department costs to its production and sales departments since the accounting department supports the other two departments particularly with regard to payroll and accounts payable functions. The costs will be allocated based on the number of employees using the direct method. Information regarding costs and employees follows:

Department   Employees
Accounting          4
Production          35
Sales                  12

How much of the accounting department costs will be allocated to the production?