E8-6A Special Order   Roy & Roy, CPAs currently provides tax return preparation services to individuals in the local community. Roy has received a one-time only request to prepare 100 tax returns for clients of another CPA firm in the community while the owner recovers from major surgery. Roy has the capacity to prepare 700 returns. Roy has an effective income tax rate of 40%. Roy's income statement, before consideration of the one-time only request, is as follows:         Sales (500 returns at $300 per return)  $ 150,000   Variable preparation costs 20,000   Contribution margin 130,000     Fixed preparation costs 80,000   Operating income 50,000   Income taxes 20,000   Net income  $ 30,000     In negotiating a price for the special request, at what amount should Roy & Roy set the minimum per-return price?

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  Roy & Roy, CPAs currently provides tax return preparation services to individuals in the local community. Roy has received a one-time only request to prepare 100 tax returns for clients of another CPA firm in the community while the owner recovers from major surgery. Roy has the capacity to prepare 700 returns. Roy has an effective income tax rate of 40%. Roy's income statement, before consideration of the one-time only request, is as follows:
 
 
 
                             
  Sales (500 returns at $300 per return)  $                                 150,000                    
  Variable preparation costs 20,000                    
  Contribution margin 130,000                    
                         
  Fixed preparation costs 80,000                    
  Operating income 50,000                    
  Income taxes 20,000                    
  Net income  $                                   30,000                    
                             
  In negotiating a price for the special request, at what amount should Roy & Roy set the minimum per-return price?          

 

 

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