Delta Company produces a single product. The cost of producing and selling a sin
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Delta Company produces a single product. The cost of producing and selling a single unit of this product at the company’s normal activity level of 104,400 units per year is:
The normal selling price is $19.00 per unit. The company’s capacity is 123,600 units per year. An order has been received from a mail-order house for 1,600 units at a special price of $16.00 per unit. This order would not affect regular sales or the company’s total fixed costs.
Required:
1. What is the financial advantage (disadvantage) of accepting the special order?
2. As a separate matter from the special order, assume the company’s inventory includes 1,000 units of this product that were produced last year and that are inferior to the current model. The units must be sold through regular channels at reduced prices. What unit cost is relevant for establishing a minimum selling price for these units?
Direct materials $ 1.70 Direct labor $ 4.00 Variable manufacturing overhead $ 0.80 Fixed manufacturing overhead $ 4.15 Variable selling and administrative expenses $ 1.30 Fixed selling and administrative expenses $ 3.00Explanation / Answer
1. What is the financial advantage (disadvantage) of accepting the special order?
Financial advantage = “ INCREASE” in profit by “$13,1200”
Incremental Sales = 1600 units x $16 per unit = $25,600
Incremental Costs = 1600 Units x ($1.70 + 4 +0.80 + 1.30)
= 1600 x $7.9
= $12,480
Therefore,Incremental Profit would be $13,120 ($25,600 - $12,480)
The annual profit would “INCREASE” by “$13,120”
2. relevant for establishing a minimum selling price = $1.30 per unit
The relevant cost per unit is $1.30 (Variable selling and administrative expenses).
All other variable costs are sunk costs. The fixed costs are not relevant because they will not change in total.
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