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Question Goshford Company produces a single product and has capacity to produce 100,000 units per month. Costs to produce its current sales of 80,000 units follow. The regular selling price of the product is $100 per unit. Management is approached by a new customer who wants to purchase 20,000 units of the product for $75 per unit. If the order is accepted, there will be no additional fixed manufacturing overhead and no additional fixed selling and administrative expenses. The customer is not in the company’s regular sellingterritory, so there will be a $5 per unit shipping expense in addition to the regular variable selling and administrative expenses Unit 80,000 Units
Direct materials . $12.50 $1,000,000
Direct labor 15.00 1,200,000
Variable manufacturing overhead . 10.00 800,000
Fixed manufacturing overhead 17.50 1,400,000
Variable selling and administrative expenses . 14.00 1,120,000
Fixed selling and administrative expenses . 13.00 1,040,000
Totals $82.00 $6,560,000
1. Determine whether management should accept or reject the new business.
2. What nonfinancial factors should management consider when deciding whether to take this order?
Step 1: Definition of incremental income
The incremental income is the company’s income after choosing various courses of action.
Step 2: Calculation f incremental income or loss
|
Normal Value |
Additional Value |
Combined Total |
Sales |
$8,000,000 |
$1,500,000 |
$9,500,000 |
Cost and Expenses: |
|
|
|
Direct Material |
$1,000,000 |
$250,000 |
$1,250,000 |
Direct Labour |
$1,200,000 |
$300,000 |
$1,500,000 |
Variable Overhead |
$800,000 |
$200,000 |
$1,000,000 |
Fixed Overhead |
$1,400,000 |
$350,000 |
$1,750,000 |
Variable Selling and Administrative Expenses |
$1,120,000 |
$280,000 |
$1,400,000 |
Fixed Selling and Administrative Expenses |
$1,040,000 |
$260,000 |
$1,300,000 |
|
|
|
|
Total Cost and Expenses |
$6,560,000 |
$1,640,000 |
$8,200,000 |
Incremental Loss from new business |
$1,440,000 |
($140,000) |
$1,300,000 |
Hence the incremental loss of the company is $1,300,000.
Step 3: Company should accept the order or not
The company should not accept this offer because this will decrease its company’s income by $140,000.
Answer
The incremental loss of the company is $140,000.