GOLD Company has a single product called a Goof. The company normally produces and sells 60,000 Goofs each year at a selling price of $33 per unit. The company’s unit costs at this level of activity are:   Direct materials $10.00   Direct labour     4.25   Variable manufacturing overhead     2.20   Fixed manufacturing overhead     5.00   Variable selling expenses     1.25   Fixed selling expenses     3.50   Total cost per unit $26.50   A number of questions relating to the production and sale of Goofs follow. Consider each question separately. Required: Assume that GOLD Company has sufficient capacity to produce 90,000 Goofs every year without any increase in fixed manufacturing overhead costs. The company could increase its sales by 20% above the present 60,000 units each year if it were willing to increase the fixed selling expenses by $82,000. Would the increased fixed expenses be justified? Show your calculations.

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GOLD Company has a single product called a Goof. The company normally produces and sells 60,000 Goofs each year at a selling price of $33 per unit. The company’s unit costs at this level of activity are:

 

Direct materials

$10.00

 

Direct labour

    4.25

 

Variable manufacturing overhead

    2.20

 

Fixed manufacturing overhead

    5.00

 

Variable selling expenses

    1.25

 

Fixed selling expenses

    3.50

 

Total cost per unit

$26.50

 

A number of questions relating to the production and sale of Goofs follow. Consider each question separately.

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  1. Assume that GOLD Company has sufficient capacity to produce 90,000 Goofs every year without any increase in fixed manufacturing overhead costs. The company could increase its sales by 20% above the present 60,000 units each year if it were willing to increase the fixed selling expenses by $82,000. Would the increased fixed expenses be justified? Show your calculations.
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