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At the end of the year, a company offered to buy 5,000 units of a product from X

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Question

At the end of the year, a company offered to buy 5,000 units of a product from X Company for $11.00 each instead of the company's regular price of $17.00 each. The following functional income statement is for the 65,700 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 $144,540, and fixed selling and administrative costs were $96,579. The special order product has some unique features that will require additional material costs of $0.74 per unit and the rental of special equipment for $3,500.

5. Profit on the special order would be


6. 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

Sales $1,116,900    Cost of goods sold    565,020    Gross margin $551,880    Selling and administrative costs      186,588    Profit $365,292   

Explanation / Answer

Answer 5 $8950

Regular

Particulars

Total

Units

Per unit

Sales

1116900

65700

17

COGS

565020

Variable

420480

65700

6.4

Fixed

144540

Selling and admin cost

186588

Variable

90009

65700

1.37

Fixed

96579

Profit

365292

Additional order

Particulars

Total

Units

Per unit

Sales

55000

5000

11

COGS

Variable

32000

5000

6.4

Fixed

0

Selling and admin cost

Variable

6850

5000

1.37

Fixed

0

Additional material cost

3700

5000

0.74

Rental of equipment

3500

Profit on additional order

8950

Answer 6

Increase in profit = 12442-8950 = $3492

Selling and admin

186588

Fixed

96579

Sales commission 4%*1116900

44676

Variable

45333

67500

0.6716

Particulars

Total

Units

Per unit

Sales

55000

5000

11

COGS

Variable

32000

5000

6.4

Fixed

0

Selling and admin cost

Variable

3358

5000

0.6716

Fixed

0

Additional material cost

3700

5000

0.74

Rental of equipment

3500

Profit

12442

Regular

Particulars

Total

Units

Per unit

Sales

1116900

65700

17

COGS

565020

Variable

420480

65700

6.4

Fixed

144540

Selling and admin cost

186588

Variable

90009

65700

1.37

Fixed

96579

Profit

365292

Additional order

Particulars

Total

Units

Per unit

Sales

55000

5000

11

COGS

Variable

32000

5000

6.4

Fixed

0

Selling and admin cost

Variable

6850

5000

1.37

Fixed

0

Additional material cost

3700

5000

0.74

Rental of equipment

3500

Profit on additional order

8950