Dover High Fashions Company manufactured and sold 1,000 leather handbags during July. Selected data for this month

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Dover High Fashions Company manufactured and sold 1,000 leather handbags during July. Selected data for this month follow:

Sales …………………………………… $130,000

Direct materials used ……………………. 35,000

Direct labor ……………………………… 11,000

Variable manufacturing overhead ………. 18,000

Fixed manufacturing overhead …………. 13,000

Variable selling and administrative expenses … ?

Fixed selling and administrative expenses ……. ?

Contribution margin …………………….. 55,000

Operating income ……………………… 33,000

There were no beginning or ending inventories.

1. What were the variable selling and administrative expenses for July?

2. What were the fixed selling and administrative expenses for July?

3. What was the cost of goods sold during July?

4. Without prejudice to your earlier answers, assume that the fixed selling and administrative expenses for July amounted to $6,250.

a. What was the break-even point in units for July?

b. How many units must be sold to earn a target operating income of $17,600?

c. What would the selling price per unit have to be if the company wanted to earn an operating income of $62,650 on the sale of 910 units?

Contribution Margin
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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Introduction to Management Accounting

ISBN: 978-0133058789

16th edition

Authors: Charles Horngren, Gary Sundem, Jeff Schatzberg, Dave Burgsta

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