Question 2. The current price of $40.00 per unit is set during the last year s pre-trial stage production. CMRNAplans to scale up the production to meet the growing demand. The resulting economies of scale allow the company to consider strategic pricing and compensation. The strategic price should satisfy the following criteria: The price should be less than $40.00 per unit to beat other small-scale producers in price competition. The company must achieve profit margins (= Operating income/Sales) between 5% and 10% The company also needs to increase employee benefits and compensation by $90,000 to retain skilled manufacturing workers and production engineers. Provide a single or range of values for the unit price. Modify the master budget

Project CMRNA is a small-scale contract producer and seller of drugs and vaccines for clinical trials. The master budget will detail each quarter's activity and the activity for the year in total. CMRNA will base the 2021 budget on the following information: 1. Expected sales, in units, for the four quarters of 2021 and the first two quarters of 2022 are as follows: 2021 Q1 2021 Q2 2021 Q3 2021 Q4 2022 Q1 2022 Q2 2.800 15,000 26,000 35,000 40,000 43,000 The selling price for 2021 has been set at $40.00 per unit. CMRNA's fiscal year ends on December 31.All sales are on account. 80% of sales on account are collected in the quarter of sale; 20% of sales on account are collected in the following quarter. Assume that all the balance in accounts receivable (as of 31 December, 2020) will be collected in the first quarter of 2021. Assume no bad debts are incurred. 2. Each component requires the following direct inputs: 4 micrograms (mcg) of direct material available at a price of $1.00 per mcg. 0.002 hours of direct labour at a rate of $40.00 per hour. CMRNA has a policy of maintaining direct material ending inventory equal to 10% of direct materials needed for the next quarter's production requirements. All raw materials are purchased on account. 50% of a quarter's purchases are paid for in the quarter of purchase; the remaining in the following quarter. CMRNA has a policy of keeping ending finished goods inventory equal to 10% of next quarter's forecasted sales. There is no beginning or ending work-in-process inventory. Direct labourers are paid at the end of each month. 3. Total budgeted variable overhead costs for the 2021 year (at a level of sales estimated in Item 1 above) follow: Indirect materials Indirect labour Employee benefits Inspections Utilities Total $26.986 55,520 83.280 31,500 41.640 $238.926 2 Variable overhead is applied to components using a predetermined overhead rate based on annual direct labour hours. All variable overhead items are paid for in the quarter incurred. 4. The annual budget for fixed manufacturing overhead items follows: Supervisory salaries $186,200 Property taxes 26,000 Insurance 28.800 Maintenance 46,000 Utilities 33,400 Engineering Time 41.850 Depreciation 96,000 Total $458,250 All fixed overheads are paid evenly each quarter except for property taxes which are paid for in the third quarter of the year. Fixed overhead is applied to production using a predetermined overhead rate based on the estimated annual number of units produced. 5. Variable selling and administration expenses include commissions and other administrative expenses. Commissions are budgeted at 5% of sales dollars for the quarter. 80% of these commissions are paid in the quarter they incurred, while 20% are paid in the following quarter. Other variable administration costs are $2.00 per unit. These costs are paid for in the quarter they incurred. Annual fixed selling and administration expenses are as follows: Sales salaries Administration salaries Travel Insurance Utilities Depreciation Other Total $152,000 100,000 24,000 3,400 2.800 12,000 2800 $297,000 Fixed selling and administration expenses are paid evenly over the four quarters of the year. 6. CMRNA makes quarterly income tax installments based on the projected taxable income for the year. The company is subject to a 30% tax rate. For the master budget, CMRNA assumes tax expenses incurring for the year 2021 are paid in cash evenly over the four quarters of the year 2021. 7. CMRNA plans the following financing and investing activities for the coming year: The company is planning to buy a piece of land, costing $70,000, in the last quarter of 2021. This piece of land will be held for future plant expansion. The company will pay cash for the land and will finance any resulting cash shortfall by drawing on its operating line of credit. The company has an operating line of credit established with its bank. This allows the company to borrow in multiples of $5,000 to cover any cash shortfalls. All borrowing is assumed to occur at the beginning of the quarter in which the funds are required and all repayment is assumed to be made at the end of the quarter in which funds are available for repayment. Simple interest at the rate of 10% per annum is paid on a quarterly basis on all outstanding short-term loans. All repayments are in multiples of $1,000. The company currently has $240,000 in an outstanding long-term loan with an annual interest rate of 12% and makes quarterly interest only payments at the end of each quarter. The loan is due in 2033. The company outsources some of the manufacturing for $500,000. The company pays the outsourcing fee in cash at the end of the first quarter of year 2021. 8. The company's simplified balance sheet as of December 31, 2020 is as follows: Cash $31,000 Accounts Payable (1) $30 Accounts Receivable 800 Commissions Payable 500 Raw Material Inventory 0 Long-term Debt 240,000 Finished Goods Inventory 0 Capital Stock 1,849.270 Buildings and Equipment 2,020,000 Retained Earnings (350,000) Accumulated Depreciation (312,000) Total Assets $1,739,800 Total Liabilities and Shareholder's Equity $1,739,800 These balance sheet figures must be taken as given. Negative balances are in the parentheses. (1) Only used for direct materials