Problem 9-5 Determining Whether to Accept or Reject a Special Order (LO1 - CC5) Polaski Company manufactures and sells a single product called a Ret. Operating at capacity, the company can produce and sell 36,000 Rets per year. Costs associated with this level of production and sales are as follows: Unit Total Direct materials Direct labour Variable manufacturing $19.50 $ 702,000 450,000 12.50 7.50 13.50 4.00 6.00 270,000 overhead Fixed manufacturing overhead Variable selling expense Fixed selling expense 486,000 144,000 216,000 Total cost $63.00 $2,268,000 The Rets normally sell for $68 each. Fixed manufacturing overhead is constant at $486,000 per year within the range of 22,000 through 36,000 Rets per year Required: 1. 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 14,000 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%. However, Polaski Company would have to purchase a special machine to engrave the retail chain's name on the 14,000 units. This machine would cost $28,000. Polaski Company has no assurance that the retail chain will purchase additional units any time in the future. Determine the impact on profits next year if this special order is accepted in profits