Candy Company is a wholesale distributor of candy. The company services grocers, convenience stores, and drugstores in a large metropolitan area. Candy Company has achieved small but steady growth in sales over the past few years, but costs have also been increasing. The company is formulating its plans for the coming fiscal year. The following data were used to project the current years after-tax operating income of $368,448:

Average selling price		$8.00	per box
Average variable costs
Cost of candy		$4.00	per box
Selling expenses		0.80	per box
Total		$4.80	per box
Annual fixed costs
Selling		$352,000
Administrative		738,800
Total		$1,090,800

The expected annual sales volume (858,000 boxes) is $6,864,000 and the tax rate is 40%. Candy manufacturers have announced that they will increase the prices of their products by an average of 15% in the coming year because of increases in raw material (sugar, cocoa, peanuts, and so on) and labour costs. Oriole Candy Company expects that all other costs will remain at the same rates or levels as during the current year.

a. Calculate Ivanhoe Candy Companys break-even point in boxes of candy for the current year.

b. What selling price per box must Doyles Candy Company change to cover the 15 percent increase in variable production costs of candy. And still maintain the current contribution margin percentage?

c. What volume of sales in dollars must Doyles Candy Company achieve in the coming year to maintain the same net income after taxes as projected for the current year if the selling price of candy remains at $9.60 per box and the variable production costs of candy increase 15 percent?