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Louisville Jar Co. has processing plants in Kentucky and Pennsylvania. Both plan

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Question

Louisville Jar Co. has processing plants in Kentucky and Pennsylvania. Both plants use recycled glass to produce jars that a variety of food processors use in food canning. The jars sell for $10 per hundred units. Budgeted revenues and costs for the year ending December 31, 2014, in thousands of dollars, are:

Kentucky

Pennsylvania

Total

Sales

$1,100

$2,000

$3,100

Variable production costs

   Direct material

275

500

775

   Direct labor

330

500

830

   Factory overhead

220

350

570

Fixed factory overhead

350

450

800

Fixed regional promotional costs

50

50

100

Allocated home office costs

55

100

155

      Total costs

1280

1950

3230

Operating income (loss) before tax

($180)

$50

($130)

Home office costs are fixed and are allocated to manufacturing plants on the basis of relative sales levels. Fixed regional promotional costs are discretionary advertising costs needed to obtain budgeted sales levels.

Because of the budgeted operating loss, Louisville Jar Co. is considering ceasing operations at its Kentucky plant. If it does so, proceeds from the sale of plant assets will exceed asset book values and exactly cover all termination costs; fixed factory overhead costs of $25,000 would not be eliminated. Louisville Jar Co. is considering the following three alternative plans:

PLAN A: Expand Kentucky's operations from its budgeted 11,000,000 units to a budgeted 17,000,000 units. It is believed that this can be accomplished by increasing Kentucky's fixed regional promotional expenditures by $120,000.

1. What is the unit contribution margin for the Kentucky Plant? (carry out to three decimal places)

$__.__ __ __ per unit

2. Compute the number of units that the Kentucky plant must produce and sell to cover all of the fixed cost (traceable and allocated).   __________units (do not include words in your answer)

3. Compute the number of units that the Kentucky plant must produce and sell to cover all of the fixed cost (traceable and allocated) and generate a before tax profit of $140,000.? __________units

4. Compute the number of units that the Kentucky plant must produce and sell to cover all of the fixed cost (traceable and allocated) and generate an after tax profit of $140,000? (Assume a 30% tax rate for this company) __________units

Answer the following regarding Plan A

Prepare the segmented income statement for Louisville Jar Co. using the assumptions provided in Plan A.

5. What is the new contribution margin for the Kentucky processing plant?

6. What is the new segment margin for the Kentucky processing plant?

7. How much of the $155,000 in allocated fixed costs will be allocated to the Kentucky plant? (round to the nearest dollar)

8. What is Kentucky's estimated operating income (loss) if plan A is employed? (rounded to the nearest dollar) If a loss, include a negative sign before the number.

9. What is Pennsylvania's estimated operating income (loss) if plan A is employed? (rounded to the nearest dollar) If a loss, include a negative sign before the number.

10. What is Louisville Jar Co's total operating income (loss)? If a loss, include a negative sign before the number.

11. What is the overall impact to Louisville Jar Co's operating income if they implement Plan A. If it decreases operating income, include a negative sign before the number.

Kentucky

Pennsylvania

Total

Sales

$1,100

$2,000

$3,100

Variable production costs

   Direct material

275

500

775

   Direct labor

330

500

830

   Factory overhead

220

350

570

Fixed factory overhead

350

450

800

Fixed regional promotional costs

50

50

100

Allocated home office costs

55

100

155

      Total costs

1280

1950

3230

Operating income (loss) before tax

($180)

$50

($130)

Explanation / Answer

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1. What is the unit contribution margin for the Kentucky Plant?

$__0.025__ __ __ per unit

2. Compute the number of units that the Kentucky plant must produce and sell to cover all of the fixed cost (traceable and allocated).   _18,200,000_________units (do not include words in your answer)

3. Compute the number of units that the Kentucky plant must produce and sell to cover all of the fixed cost (traceable and allocated) and generate a before tax profit of $140,000.? _23,800,000____units

4. Compute the number of units that the Kentucky plant must produce and sell to cover all of the fixed cost (traceable and allocated) and generate an after tax profit of $140,000? (Assume a 30% tax rate for this company) _26,200,000_________units

Working Note:

Kentucky Pennsylvania Total Sales                                            1,100                           2,000             3,100 Variable production costs Kentucky Pennsylvania Total    Direct material 275 500 775    Direct labor 330 500 830    Factory overhead 220 350 570 Total 825 1350 2175 Contribution (Sales-Varaible Cost) 275 650 925 No of units sold                                  1,10,00,000                 2,00,00,000 3,10,00,000 Contribution per unit                                          0.0250                         0.0325           0.0298 Fixed Costs Kentucky Pennsylvania Total Fixed factory overhead 350 450 800 Fixed regional promotional costs 50 50 100 Total 400 500 900 Kentucky Pennsylvania Total Allocated home office costs 55 100 155 Total Fixed cost included allocated 455 600 1055 BEP=Total fixed cost/cont per unit                                  1,82,00,000                         18,462           35,357 Profit required berfore tax 140,000                                               140 Total Fixed cost + profit                                               595 Sales Required =(FC+profit)/Cont p.u                                  2,38,00,000 Profit required after tax 140,000                                               140 Profit before tax=140/(1-30%)                                               200 Total Fixed cost + profit bef. Tax                                               655 Sales Required =(FC+profit)/Cont p.u                                  2,62,00,000