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Fixed expenses are $1,038,000 per month. The company is currently selling 9,700

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Fixed expenses are $1,038,000 per month. The company is currently selling 9,700 units per month.

The marketing manager would like to introduce sales commissions as an incentive for the sales staff. The marketing manager has proposed a commission of $12 per unit. In exchange, the sales staff would accept an overall decrease in their salaries of $108,000 per month. The marketing manager predicts that introducing this sales incentive would increase monthly sales by 370 units.

Fixed expenses are $1,038,000 per month. The company is currently selling 9,700 units per month.

The marketing manager would like to introduce sales commissions as an incentive for the sales staff. The marketing manager has proposed a commission of $12 per unit. In exchange, the sales staff would accept an overall decrease in their salaries of $108,000 per month. The marketing manager predicts that introducing this sales incentive would increase monthly sales by 370 units.

Explanation / Answer

Solution:

(A). Inventory Valution Using Absorption Costing:

Variable Cost Per Unit

  Variable Cost Per Unit = 7,36,100 / 35,710

   = 20.6

Ending Inventory :

   Begining Inventory = 8,490

Produced Inventory = 35,710

(-) Sales Units = 43,300

   Balance = 900

Ending Inventory Value:

Ending Inventory Value = 20 * 900

   = 18,000

(B). Change in Net Operating Income:

Sales = 9,700 * 200 = 19,40,000

   Operating Expencess:

   Variable Expences 9,700 * 76 = 7,37,200

   Salaries = 1,08,000

   Commission 9,700 * 12 = 1,16,400

Fixed Expencess = 10,38,000

   Total = 19,96,600

   Net Income = 19,40,000 - 19,99,600

= - 59,600

Change in Net Income

   Sales 10,070 * 200 =20,14,000

   Operating Expencess

   Variable Exp 10,070 * 76 = 7,65,320

    Salaries = 1,08,000

   Commission 10,070 * 12 = 1,20,840

     Fixed Expencess = 10,38,000

   Total = 20,32,160

   Net Operating Income 20,14,000 - 20,32,160

   = - 18,160

Chages in Net Operating Income = (-) 59,600 - (-)18,160

   = - 41,440

  Variable Cost Per Unit = Total Variable Cost / Total Units Produced