Jiminez Company paid its annual property tax of $11,900 on its manufacturing facility in January. The company expects to make 5,200 units of product during the year. During January, 1,300 units of product were produced. Based on this information: (Do not round intermediate calculations.)
A) $2,975 of the property tax cost should be allocated to the January production.
B) $992 of the property tax cost should be allocated to the January production.
C) $2,985 of the property tax cost should be assigned to the January production.
D) $11,900 of the property tax cost should be allocated to the January production.

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The property tax is a fixed cost and should be allocated based on the number of units produced. The cost per unit is $11,900 / 5,200 units = $2.2885 per unit. For January, 1,300 units were produced, so the cost allocated is 1,300 units * $2.2885 per unit = $2,975.05, which rounds to $2,975.

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