This year Calypso Company sold 60,000 units of its only product for $20 per unit. Manufacturing and
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Material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $8.00
Direct labor (paid on the basis of completed units) . . . . . . . 5.00
Variable overhead costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.60
Variable selling and administrative costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.40
Next year the company will use new material, which will reduce material costs by 50% and direct labor costs by 60% and will not affect product quality or marketability. Management is considering an increase in the unit sales price to reduce the number of units sold because the factory’s output is nearing its annual output capacity of 65,000 units. Two plans are being considered. Under plan 1, the company will keep the price at the current level and sell the same volume as last year. This plan will increase income because of the reduced costs from using the new material. Under plan 2, the company will increase price by 25%. This plan will decrease unit sales volume by 15%. Under both plans 1 and 2, the total fixed costs and the variable costs per unit for overhead and for selling and administrative costs will remain the same.
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1. Compute the break-even point in dollar sales for both
(a) Plan 1 and
(b) Plan 2.
2. Prepare a forecasted contribution margin income statement with two columns showing the expected results of plan 1 and plan 2. The statements should report sales, total variable costs, contribution margin, total fixed costs, income before taxes, income taxes (30% rate), and net income.
Contribution Margin
Contribution margin is an important element of cost volume profit analysis that managers carry out to assess the maximum number of units that are required to be at the breakeven point. Contribution margin is the profit before fixed cost and taxes...
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