Boleyn Company, operating at full capacity, sold 120,000 units at a price of $ 140 per unit
Question:
Boleyn Company, operating at full capacity, sold 120,000 units at a price of $ 140 per unit during 2014. Its income statement for 2014 is as follows:
The division of costs between variable and fixed is as follows:
Management is considering a plant expansion program that will permit an increase of $ 2,800,000 in yearly sales. The expansion will increase fixed costs by $ 1,250,000, but will not affect the relationship between sales and variable costs.
Instructions
1. Determine the total fixed costs and the total variable costs for 2014.
2. Determine for 2014
(a) The unit variable cost
(b) The unit contribution margin.
3. Compute the break- even sales (units) for 2014.
4. Compute the break- even sales (units) under the proposed program.
5. Determine the amount of sales (units) that would be necessary under the proposed program to realize the $ 5,650,000 of income from operations that was earned in 2014.
6. Determine the maximum income from operations possible with the expanded plant.
7. If the proposal is accepted and sales remain at the 2014 level, what will the income or loss from operations be for 2015?
8. Based on the data given, would you recommend accepting the proposal?Explain.
Contribution margin is an important element of cost volume profit analysis that managers carry out to assess the maximum number of units that are required to be at the breakeven point. Contribution margin is the profit before fixed cost and taxes...
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Financial and Managerial Accounting
ISBN: 978-1285078571
12th edition
Authors: Carl S. Warren, James M. Reeve, Jonathan Duchac