Dream Limited is engaged in the production of olive oil.

Subtotals of the budgeted overheads for the first six months of the 20X6 financial year (January to June 20X6) revealed the following:

Harvesting Pressing General factory overhead

Variable overhead (R ) 2 970 000 5 350 000 1 760 000

Fixed overhead (R ) 500 000 1 600 000 1 900 000

Budgeted activity

Machine hours 140 000 112 000

Normal capacity

Machine hours 200 000 160 000

1. General factory variable overheads are apportioned in line with machine hours worked in each department and general factory fixed overhead are apportioned on the basis of the normal machine hour capacity of the two departments.

2. It has been a long-standing company practice to establish selling prices by applying a mark-up on cost of 45%. The direct material content is R20 per unit. Each unit of the product will take three labour hours (five machine hours) in the harvesting department and four labour hours (six machine hours) in the pressing department. Hourly labour rates are R25.00 and R26 respectively.

The following actual information relates to the 20X5 financial year:

January-June July-December

20X5 20X5

Fixed selling and administration costs

(dependent on the number of units sold) R456 000 R670 000

Distribution costs (Fixed and variable)

(dependent on number of units sold) R1 342 800 R1 057 100

Sales units 40 000 30 000

It is expected that the sales units during the first six months of the 20X6 year will be 40 000 units. Fixed selling and administration costs will not be incurred as from the 20X6 financial year. During the 20X6 financial year, the distribution costs is expected to be the same as last year's.

Required:

Assuming that your calculations are prepared on 1 January 20X6, calculate four different cost-plus prices using four different cost bases which may help with the pricing decision for Dream Limited. (12 marks)

Note: Round off your calculations to two decimal places.