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Polaski Company manufactures and sells a single product called a Ret. Operating

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Question

Polaski Company manufactures and sells a single product called a Ret. Operating at capacity, the company can produce and sell 30,000 Rets per year. Costs associated with this level of production and sales are given below: The Rets normally sell for dollar 56 each. Fixed manufacturing overhead is constant at dollar 210,000 per year within the range of 22,000 through 30,000 Rets per year. Required: Assume that due to a recession, Polaski Company expects to sell only 22,000 Rets through regular channels next year. A large retail chain has offered to purchase 8,000 Rets if Polaski is willing to accept a 16% discount off the regular price. There would be no sales commissions on this order; thus, variable selling expenses would be slashed by 75 percentage. However, Polaski Company would have to purchase a special machine to engrave the retail chain's name on the 8,000 units. This machine would cost dollar 16,000. Polaski Company has no assurance that the retail chain will purchase additional units in the future. Determine the impact on profits next year if this special order is accepted. Refer to the original data. Assume again that Polaski Company expects to sell only 22,000 Rets through regular channels next year. The U.S. Army would like to make a one-time-only purchase of 8,000 Rets. The Army would pay a fixed fee of dollar 1.40 per Ret, and it would reimburse Polaski Company for all costs of production (variable and fixed) associated with the units. Because the army would pick up the Rets with its own trucks, there would be no variable selling expenses associated with this order. If Polaski Company accepts the order, by how much will profits increase or decrease for the year? Assume the same situation as that described in (2) above, except that the company expects to sell 30,000 Rets through regular channels next year. Thus, accepting the U.S. Army's order would require giving up regular sales of 8,000 Rets. If the Army's order is accepted, by how much will profits increase or decrease from what they would be if the 8,000 Rets were sold through regular channels?

Explanation / Answer

Polaski Company Details Per unit Amt $ Contribution format Income statement Units Sold                     22,000 Sales Revenue                    56               1,232,000 Direct Materials                    25                  550,000 Direct Labor                       8                  176,000 Variable Mfg OH                       3                     66,000 Variable selling Expense                       2                     44,000 Total Variable Expense                    38                  836,000 Contribution Margin                    18                  396,000 Fixed Cost Fixed Mfg OH                  210,000 Fixed Selling Expense                  180,000 Total Fixed cost                  390,000 Net Operating Income                       6,000        1 Case 1 Details Per unit Amt $ Contribution format Income statement Units Sold                     22,000 Sales Revenue -regular channel                    56               1,232,000 Sales Revenue special order of 8000                    47                  376,320 Total Sales Revenue               1,608,320 Direct Materials                    25                  750,000 Direct Labor                       8                  240,000 Variable Mfg OH                       3                     90,000 Variable selling Expense =2 and 2*0.25                     48,000 Total Variable Expense              36.00               1,128,000 Contribution Margin                  480,320 Fixed Cost Fixed Mfg OH                  226,000 Fixed Selling Expense                  180,000 Total Fixed cost                  406,000 Net Operating Income                     74,320 Net Operating Income increases by = $        68,320        2 Cost of Producing 8000 units when total production is 30000 unit Units produced Units cost Total for 30000 units Direct Materials                    25 Direct Labor                       8 Variable Mfg OH                       3 Variable selling Expense                     -   Total Variable Expense                    36 Fixed Cost per unit   Fixed Mfg OH                       7                  210,000 Fixed Selling Expense                       6                  180,000 Total Fixed cost/unit                    13                  390,000 Total Production cost/unit for 8000 units                    49                  390,000 Details Per unit Amt $ Contribution format Income statement Units Sold                     22,000 Sales Revenue -regular channel                    56               1,232,000 Fixed fee for 8000 units @1.4                     11,200 Reimbursement for 8000 units @49                  392,000 Total Sales Revenue               1,635,200 Direct Materials                    25                  750,000 Direct Labor                       8                  240,000 Variable Mfg OH                       3                     90,000 Variable selling Expense for 22000units                 2.00                     44,000 Total Variable Expense              38.00               1,124,000 Contribution Margin                  511,200 Fixed Cost Fixed Mfg OH                  210,000 Fixed Selling Expense                  180,000 Total Fixed cost                  390,000 Net Operating Income                  121,200 Net Operating Income increases by = $     115,200        3 Àssume 30000 units sold thru regular channel Details Per unit Amt $ Contribution format Income statement Units Sold                     30,000 Sales Revenue                    56               1,680,000 Direct Materials                    25                  750,000 Direct Labor                       8                  240,000 Variable Mfg OH                       3                     90,000 Variable selling Expense                       2                     60,000 Total Variable Expense                    38               1,140,000 Contribution Margin                    18                  540,000 Fixed Cost Fixed Mfg OH                  210,000 Fixed Selling Expense                  180,000 Total Fixed cost                  390,000 Net Operating Income                  150,000 Net Operating Income decreases by =150000-74320=                     75,680 of the US army order is accepted in place of regular sale.