Gadson Company produces golf discs which it normally sells to retailers for $7 each. The cost of manufacturing 20,000 golf discs is: Materials   $  10,000   Labor   30,000   Variable overhead   20,000   Fixed overhead   40,000   Total   $100,000   Gadson also incurs 5% sales commission ($0.35) on each disc sold.Johnson Corporation offers Gadson $4.80 per disc for 5,000 discs. Johnson would sell the discs under its own brand name in foreign markets not yet served by Gadson. If Gadson accepts the offer, its fixed overhead will increase from $40,000 to $46,000 due to the purchase of a new imprinting machine. No sales commission will result from the special order. Prepare an incremental analysis for the special order.     RejectOrder   AcceptOrder   Net IncomeIncrease(Decrease)     Revenues   $    $    $    Materials               Labor               Variable overhead               Fixed overhead               Sales commissions               Net income   $    $    $      Should Gadson accept the special order?

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Gadson Company produces golf discs which it normally sells to retailers for $7 each. The cost of manufacturing 20,000 golf discs is:

Materials

 

$  10,000

 

Labor

 

30,000

 

Variable overhead

 

20,000

 

Fixed overhead

 

40,000

 

Total

 

$100,000

 


Gadson also incurs 5% sales commission ($0.35) on each disc sold.

Johnson Corporation offers Gadson $4.80 per disc for 5,000 discs. Johnson would sell the discs under its own brand name in foreign markets not yet served by Gadson. If Gadson accepts the offer, its fixed overhead will increase from $40,000 to $46,000 due to the purchase of a new imprinting machine. No sales commission will result from the special order.

  • Prepare an incremental analysis for the special order.
 

 

Reject
Order

 

Accept
Order

 

Net Income
Increase
(Decrease)

 

 

Revenues

 

 

 

 

Materials

             

Labor

             

Variable overhead

             

Fixed overhead

             

Sales commissions

             

Net income

 

 

 

 

 

Should Gadson accept the special order?

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