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At the end of the year, a company offered to buy 4,570 units of a product from X

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Question

At the end of the year, a company offered to buy 4,570 units of a product from X Company for $12.00 each instead of the company's regular price of $19.00 each. The following functional income statement is for the 64,500 units of the product that X Company has already made and sold to its regular customers:


Fixed cost of goods sold for the year was $130,935, and fixed selling and administrative costs were $72,885. The special order product has some unique features that will require additional material costs of $0.90 per unit and the rental of special equipment for $3,000.

What would profit on the special order would be

Assume the following fact: regular variable selling and administrative costs include sales commissions equal to 4% of sales, but there will be no sales commissions on the special order. This will cause the special order profit to increase by Please Show Work

Sales $1,225,500    Cost of goods sold    521,805    Gross margin $703,695    Selling and administrative costs      153,510    Profit $550,185   

Explanation / Answer

Particulars

Amount

Fixed

Variable

Variable Cost Per Unit

Sales Units

               64,500

Sales Price

                       19

Sales

         1,225,500

Less: COGS

             521,805

         130,935

         390,870

         6.06

Gross Profit

             703,695

Sales& Admin Cost

             153,510

           72,885

           80,625

         1.25

Profit

             550,185

7.31

Existing

Special Order

Total

Particulars

Amount

Amount

Amount

Sales Price

                       19

                   12

Sales Units

               64,500

             4,570

           69,070

Sales

         1,225,500

           54,840

     1,280,340

Less: Variable Cost

             COGS @ 6.06 per unit

             390,870

           27,694

         418,564

               Additional Material Cost @ 0.90

             4,113

            Sales& Admin Cost @ 1.25

               80,625

       3,518.90

           84,144

Total Variable Cost

             471,495

           35,326

         506,821

Contribution Margin

             754,005

           19,514

         773,519

Less : Fixed Cost

         COGS(521,805-390,870)

             130,935

         130,935

          Sales& Admin Cost(153,510-80,625)

               72,885

           72,885

Rent Of Special Equipment

             3,000

             3,000

Total Fixed Cost

             203,820

             3,000

         206,820

Profit

             550,185

           16,514

         566,699

        Variable   Sales& Admin Cost:

       = Sales& Admin Cost @ 1.25 for Special order x no of units- Sales commission of 4% on sales

      =(1.25 x 4,570 -54,840 x 4%)=5,712.5-2,193.6=$3,518.90

      Profit of Special Order is $ 16,514

Particulars

Amount

Fixed

Variable

Variable Cost Per Unit

Sales Units

               64,500

Sales Price

                       19

Sales

         1,225,500

Less: COGS

             521,805

         130,935

         390,870

         6.06

Gross Profit

             703,695

Sales& Admin Cost

             153,510

           72,885

           80,625

         1.25

Profit

             550,185

7.31