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Section I : Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis Net Income Before Tax In year 2014, Hamp

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Section I : Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis

Net Income Before Tax

In year 2014, Hampshire Company was expected to make and sold 60,000 of umbrellas quoted price $12.50 each. The company had fixed manufacturing costs of $126,000. It also had fixed costs for administration of $79,525. It also had fixed costs for administration of $79, 525.

Cost record of manufacturing umbrellas in year 2014 to produce 60,000 units:

Direct Materials                                                             $3.00

Direct Labor                                                                   $1.50

Variable Manufacturing Overhead                                $0.40

Variable Selling Expenses                                             $1.10

Variable Costs                                                                $6.00

c. The net income before tax of The Hampshire Company = $94,475.00

Units

Price

Totals

Sales

60,000

$12.50

$750,000

Variable Costs

60,000

$6.00

$360,000

Fixed Costs

$295,525

$295,525

Net Income

$94,475

Contribution Margin

Contribution Margin per Unit in Dollars = Selling Price – Variable Costs

$6.5 = $12.5 - $6

Contribution Margin Ratio = Contribution Margin/Selling Price

52% = $6.5 / $12.5

Break-Even Points in units = Fixed Costs / Contribution Margins

45,465 = $295,525 / $6.5

Break-Even Points Sales = Break-Even Points in units x Selling Price in units

$568,317 = 45,465 x $12.5

In conclusion, the company’s break-even point in total dollars of sales is $568,317. Therefore, the Hampshire Company is breaking-even.

Margin of Safety

      a. In units

      Margin of Safety in Units = Current Unit Sales – Break-Even Point in Unit Sales

      14,534.62 = 60,000 – 45,465

      b. In sales dollars

      Margin of Safety in Dollars = Current Sales in Dollars – Break-Even Point Sales in Dollars     

      $181,683 = $750,000 - $568,317

      c. As a percentage

      Margin of Safety as a Percentage = Margin of Sales in Units / Current Unit Sales

24% = 14,535 / 60,000

Degree of Operating Leverage

Contribution Margin = Sales – Variable Costs

$390,000 = $750,000 - $360,000

Degree of Operating Leverage = Contribution Margin / Operating Income (Net Income)

4.1281 = $390,000 / $94,475

Before-Tax Income Increased by 20%

Sales increase = Current Sales + 20%

72,000 = 60,000 + 20%

Units

$ Per Unit

Totals

Sales

72,000

$12.50

$900,000

Variable Costs

72,000

$6.00

$432,000

Fixed Costs

$295,525

Net Income

$172,475

Operating Leverage = (Sales – Variable Costs) / Net Income

2.71343673 = ($900,000 - $432,000) / $172,475

Increasing = (Increasing Net Income – Prior Net Income) / Prior Net Income

82.56% = ($172,475 – $94,475) / $94,475

Prior Income

$94,475.00

From Part 1

Increase

82.56%

Prior Income X   XX% Above

Total

$172,475.00

Targeted Income

      Targeted Income = (Fixed Costs + Target Income) / Contribution Margin

Fixed Costs + Target Income

Divided by Contribution Margin

# of Units (Rounded)

Fixed Costs

$295,525

$6.50

                                          45,465

Target Income

$150,000

$6.50

23077

Total

$445,525

$6.50

68,542

Proof for calculation

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# of Units Above X $ Per Unit

Revenue

68542 x 12.50

$856,779

Variable Costs

68542 x 6.5

$411,254

Contribution Margin

$445,525

Fixed Costs

$295,525

Net Income

$150,000

Sales Mix

Variable Costs Specialty = Direct Materials + Direct Labor + Variable Manufacturing Overhead + Variable Selling Expenses

$6.2 = $3 + $1.5 + $0.40 + $1.3

Current

Specialty

Total

Expected Sales Units

                   60,000

                                                     5,000

                                          65,000

Revenue = Sales X Price

$750,000

$55,000

$805,000

Variable Costs X Units

$360,000

$31,000

$391,000

Contribution Margin

$390,000

$24,000

$414,000

Fixed Costs

$295,525

$15,000

$310,525

Operating Income

$103,475

Prior Net Income From Requirement 1

$94,475.00

Additional Operating Income

(Operating Income Above Less Prior Income)

$9,000.00

Decision:

Yes, the company should continue with the specialty sales as it will lead to increase in income of $9000

CVP Analysis Used For Management:

a. To determine the level of profit for a given level of sales.

Profit = Total Revenue – Total Variable Cost – Total Fixed Cost

            $750,000 - $360,000 - $295,525 = $94,475

b. To determine the level of sales necessary to achieve a target profit.

            Targeted Income = (Fixed Costs + Target Income) / Contribution Margin

            ($295,525 + 150,000) / $6.5 = 68,542 units

Section II : Inventory Management

Requirement 1

Hampshire Company

Variable Costing Income Statement

Units

$

Sales

60,000

$12.50

$750,000.00

Variable Cost of Goods Sold:

Beginning Inventory

0

$0

Direct Materials

              80,000

$3.00

$240,000.00

Direct Labor

              80,000

$1.50

$120,000.00

Manufacturing Overhead

              80,000

$0.40

$32,000.00

Total Variable Costs

$392,000.00

Cost of Good Available for Sale

$392,000.00

Deduct Ending Inventory

20,000

$4.90

$98,000.00

    Variable Costs of Goods Sold

$294,000.00

Variable Selling Costs

              60,000

$1.10

$66,000.00

$66,000.00

Contribution Margin

$390,000.00

Fixed Costs:

Fixed Manufacturing Costs

$216,000

Fixed Administrative Costs

$79,525

Operating Income

$94,475.00

Requirement 2

Hampshire Company

Absorption Costing Income Statement

Units

$

Sales

60,000

$12.50

$750,000.00

Variable Cost of Goods Sold:

Beginning Inventory

$0

Direct Materials

              80,000

$3.00

$240,000.00

Direct Labor

              80,000

$1.50

$120,000.00

Manufacturing Overhead

              80,000

$0.40

$32,000.00

Total Variable Costs

$392,000.00

Allocated Fixed Manufacturing Costs

              80,000

$2.70

$216,000.00

Cost of Good Available for Sale

$608,000.00

Deduct Ending Inventory

20,000

$7.60

$152,000.00

    Costs of Goods Sold

$456,000.00

Gross Margin

$294,000.00

Fixed Costs:

Variable Selling Costs

              60,000

$1.10

$66,000

Fixed Administrative Costs

$79,525

Operating Income

$148,475.00

Section III : Benchmarking

Requirement 1

Price Variances:

(Actual Price – Standard Price) X Actual Quantity

Actual

Standard

Actual Quantity

Variance

Favorable or Unfavorable

Cloth

$1.25

$1.15

128,000

$12,800

Unfav

Handle Assembly

$0.99

$1.05

80,808

-$4,848

Fav

Labor Price Variance

$7.62

$7.50

15,748

$1,890

Unfav

Requirement 2

Efficiency Variances:

(Actual Quantity of Input Used – Standard Quantity of Input Allowed for Actual Output) X Budgeted Price of Input

Actual

Standard

Standard Price

Variance

Favorable or Unfavorable

Cloth

128,000

120,000

$1.15

$9,200

Unfav

(1.5 Yards per Unit)

Handle Assembly

80,808

80,000

$1.05

$848

Unfav

(1 per Unit)

Labor

15,748

16,000

$7.50

-$1,890

Fav

(.20 per Unit)

Section IV : Alternative Costing Method

Cost Information From Instructions

Stick

Collapsible

Units Sold

60,000

3,000

Selling Price

$12.50

$14.00

Direct Material Cost Per Unit

$3.00

$3.10

Direct Labor Cost Per Hour

$7.50

$8.00

Variable MO

$0.40

$0.40

Variable Selling Costs

$1.10

$1.10

Labor Hours Per Unit

0.2

0.2

Sales Orders

120

1

Purchase Orders

50

3

Production Runs

45

6

Material Moves

86

10

Machine Setups

130

6

Machine Hours

525

32

Inspections

200

10

Shipments

60

3

Activity Information from Instructions

Activity

Activity Cost

Activity Cost Driver

Order Processing

$35,000

Number of Sales Orders

Purchasing

$36,000

Number of Purchase Orders

Material Handing

$28,000

Material Moves

Machine Setup

$14,000

Machine Setups

Production

$99,000

Production Runs

Assembly

$80,000

Machine Hours

Inspecting

$11,000

Number of Inspections

Shipping

$7,500

Number of Shipments

Requirement 1

Activity

Total Costs

Quantity of Cost Allocation Base

Overhead Allocation Rate

Order Processing

$35,000

121

$289

Purchasing

$36,000

53

$679

Material Handing

$28,000

96

$292

Machine Setup

$14,000

136

$103

Production

$99,000

51

$1,941

Assembly

$80,000

557

$144

Inspecting

$11,000

210

$52

Shipping

$7,500

63

$119

Requirement 2

Traditional Costing

Stick Umbrella

Collapsible Umbrella

Total

Revenues

$750,000

$42,000

$792,000

Direct Materials

$180,000

$9,300

$189,300

Direct Labor

$90,000

$4,800

$94,800

Variable Overhead

$24,000

$1,200

$25,200

Variable Selling Costs

$66,000

$3,300

$69,300

Allocated Fixed Overhead

$295,200

$14,760

$309,960

Total Costs

$655,200

$33,360

$688,560

Operating Income

$94,800

$8,640

$103,440

Operating Income %

13%

21%

13%

Per Unit Operating Income

$1.58

$2.88

Requirement 3

Activity-Based Costing

Stick Umbrella

Collapsible Umbrella

Total

Revenues

$750,000

$42,000

$792,000

Direct Materials

$180,000

$9,300

$189,300

Direct Labor

$90,000

$4,800

$94,800

Variable Overhead

$24,000

$1,200

$25,200

Variable Selling Costs

$66,000

$3,300

$69,300

Order Processing Costs

$34,680

$289

$34,969

Purchasing Costs

$33,950

$2,037

$35,987

Material Handing Costs

$25,112

$2,920

$28,032

Machine Setup Costs

$13,390

$618

$14,008

Production Costs

$87,345

$11,646

$98,991

Assembly Costs

$75,600

$4,608

$80,208

Inspecting Costs

$10,400

$520

$10,920

Shipping Costs

$7,140

$357

$7,497

Total Costs

$647,617

$41,595

$689,212

Operating Income

$102,383

$405

$102,788

Operating Income %

14%

1%

13%

Per Unit Operating Income

$1.71

$0.14

Requirement 4

Costs per Unit

Stick Umbrella

Collapsible Umbrella

Traditional

$10.92

$11.12

ABC

$10.79

$13.87

Difference

$0.13

-$2.75

Requirement 5

ABC is a better method of cost allocation as it helps in proper allocation of the cost as per the use of the fixed overhead cost for a particular product

Memo to Management

Your memo to management should serve as a summary of your quantitative analysis, reviewing the key points and recommendations that you feel management should be aware of.

A. Describe the overall findings of your analysis, including key elements that management should be aware of.
B. Make a recommendation to management based on your cost accounting analysis that will enhance business planning.
C. Recommend a performance tool to management based on your cost accounting analysis that will improve business operations.

Section V : Memo to Management

TO: John Doe, Accountant Executive

FROM: Jane Doe, Accountant Research Assistant

DATE: November 23, 2015

SUBJECT:

Units

Price

Totals

Sales

60,000

$12.50

$750,000

Variable Costs

60,000

$6.00

$360,000

Fixed Costs

$295,525

$295,525

Net Income

$94,475

Explanation / Answer

The Company uses Cost Volume Profit analysis to find the contribution income towards meeting the Fixed costs and the resultant net income. This analysis helps the company to fix a target income and also to see the results of a change in sales-mix. Contribution analysis has helped the management a. To determine the level of profit for a given level of sales. b. To determine the level of sales necessary to achieve a target profit. c. To determine whether the company should continue with the specialty sales mix or not and its profitablilty. d. To know its margin of safety levels of sales-ie. How much above the break-even point - e. degree of Operating leverage. Inventory Valuation As per variable Costing Income statement Cost of Good Available for Sale Deduct Ending Inventory     Variable Costs of Goods Sold Operating Income As per Absorption(Full)Costing Income statement Cost of Good Available for Sale Deduct Ending Inventory     Costs of Goods Sold Operating Income The Company has been able to work out the actual profits, by employing the Full costing method- wherein inventory is valued including fixed manufacturing overheads.Fixed costs are deferred in closing stock . Hence , Operating income is higher under Full costing method. Variance analysis Analysis has been done to earmark variances with the standard Variance ip prices due to material & labour show both favourable and unfavourable variances. Same is the case with efficiency variances - with regard to quantity of materials ued and no.of labour hrs. spent. Activity based Costing(ABC) & Traditional costing approaches ABC method first assigns indirect costs to activities and then assigns the costs to products based on the products’ usage of the activities. Cost per unit for both the products , Stick & Collapsible umbrellas have been computed under both methods. Though ABC is a complex process it is more accurate ,as it has provided more precise breakdown of OH costs. Ohs have been allocated based on cost drivers developed for various activity pools and hence costing of product is the more accurate one of the two. Traditional costing systems are simpler and easier to implement than ABC systems. However, traditional costing systems are not as accurate as ABC systems. Traditional costing systems can also result in significant under-costing and over-costing. Based on the given figures ,the following points may be recommended for an effective and efficient costing system: 1. Identification and awareness of variable and fixed costs & controllable and uncontrollable costs for accuracy of cost fixing and product pricing as also to fix responsibility to managers for variances and control.For example ,we can ask explanation from managers responsible for unfavourable variances. 2. Adopting full costing method- which is also GAAP compliant and required for tax purposes-is the most recommended even though variable costing is necessary for internal operational efficiency.   3. Variance anslysis should have as its main purpose - fixing responsibility to analyse variance and set in motion , timely corrective measures   4. Adoption of ABC should be cost effective & warranted. As ,in the case of Collapsible umbrellas , there is a wide difference in the profit margin ,under both methods. Hence, ABC type of analysis will be a helpful pointer.

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