Varto Company has 13,000 units of its product in inventory that it produced last year at a cost of $153,000. This years model is better than last years, and the 13,000 units cannot be sold at last years normal selling price of $40 each. Varto has two alternatives for these units: (1) They can be sold as is to a wholesaler for $143,000 or (2) they can be processed further at an additional cost of $189,200 and then sold for $325,000. (a) Prepare a sell as is or process further analysis of income effects. (b) Should Varto sell the products as is or process further and then sell them?

Varto Company has 13,000 units of its product in inventory that it produced last year at a cost of $153,000. This year's model is better than last year's, and the 13,000 units cannot be sold at last year's normal selling price of $40 each. Varto has two alternatives for these units: (1) They can be sold as is to a wholesaler for $143,000 or (2) they can be processed further at an additional cost of $189,200 and then sold for $325,000. (a) Prepare a sell as is or process further analysis of income effects. (b) Should Varto sell the products as is or process further and then sell them? (a) Sell or Process Analysis Sell As Is Process Further Revenue Costs Income $ 0 $ 0 Incremental income (loss) to sell as is (b) The company should