San Jose Company operates a Manufacturing Division and an Assembly Division. Both divisions are evaluated as profit centers. Assembly buys components from Manufacturing and assembles them for sale. Manufacturing sells many components to third parties in addition to Assembly. Selected data from the two operations follow:

Manufacturing Assembly Capacity (units)

415,000 215,000

Sales price a $ 430 $ 1,375

Variable costs b $ 235 $ 510

Fixed costs $ 40,150,000 $ 24,150,000

a For Manufacturing, this is the price to third parties.

b For Assembly, this does not include the transfer price paid to Manufacturing.

Suppose Manufacturing is located in Country A with a tax rate of 60 percent and Assembly in Country B with a tax rate of 40 percent. All other facts remain the same.

a. Current production levels in Manufacturing are 215,000 units. Assembly requests an additional 55,000 units to produce a special order. What transfer price would you recommend?

b. Suppose Manufacturing is operating at full capacity. What transfer price would you recommend?

c. Suppose Manufacturing is operating at 387,500 units. What transfer price would you recommend?