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Break-Even Sales Under Present and Proposed Conditions
Howard Industries Inc., operating at full capacity, sold 64,000 units at a price of $45 per unit during the current year. Its income statement is as follows:
Sales | $2,880,000 | ||
Cost of goods sold | (1,400,000) | ||
Gross profit | $1,480,000 | ||
Expenses: | |||
Selling expenses | $400,000 | ||
Administrative expenses | 387,500 | ||
Total expenses | (787,500) | ||
Operating income | $692,500 |
The division of costs between variable and fixed is as follows:
Variable | Fixed | |||
Cost of goods sold | 75% | 25% | ||
Selling expenses | 60% | 40% | ||
Administrative expenses | 80% | 20% |
Management is considering a plant expansion program for the following year that will permit an increase of $900,000 in yearly sales. The expansion will increase fixed costs by $212,500 but will not affect the relationship between sales and variable costs.
Required:
1. Determine the total fixed costs and the total variable costs for the current year.
Total variable costs | $ |
Total fixed costs | $ |
2. Determine (a) the unit variable cost and (b) the unit contribution margin for the current year.
Unit variable cost | $ |
Unit contribution margin | $ |
3. Compute the break-even sales (units) for the
current year.
units
4. Compute the break-even sales (units) under
the proposed program for the following year.
units
5. Determine the amount of sales (units) that
would be necessary under the proposed program to realize the
$692,500 of operating income that was earned in the current
year.
units
6. Determine the maximum operating income
possible with the expanded plant.
$
7. If the proposal is accepted and sales remain
at the current level, what will the operating income or loss be for
the following year?
$
8. Based on the data given, would you recommend accepting the proposal?
Questions are solved with full format
Q 8. Option B
In favour of the proposal because of the possibility of increasing net operating income
Current year = $ 692,500
Revised year = $ 1,380,000
Difference = $ 687,500
Therefore the Net operating income will increase by
$ 687,500