Granfield Company has a piece of manufacturing equipment with a book value of $45,500 and a remaining useful life of four years. At the end of the four years the equipment will have a zero-salvage value, Granfield can purchase new equipment for $153,000 and receive $26,400 in return for trading in its current equipment. The current equipment has variable manufacturing costs of $50,000 per year. The new equipment will reduce variable manufacturing costs by $24,500 per year over its four-year life. The total increase or decrease in income by replacing the current equipment with the new equipment is:
Granfield Company has a piece of manufacturing equipment with a book value of $45,500 and a remaining useful life of four years. At the end of the four years the equipment will have a zero-salvage value, Granfield can purchase new equipment for $153,000 and receive $26,400 in return for trading in its current equipment. The current equipment has variable manufacturing costs of $50,000 per year. The new equipment will reduce variable manufacturing costs by $24,500 per year over its four-year life. The total increase or decrease in income by replacing the current equipment with the new equipment is:
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Transcribed Image Text:Granfield Company has a piece of manufacturing equipment with a book value of $45,500 and a remaining useful life of four years. At the end of the four
years the equipment will have a zero-salvage value, Granfield can purchase new equipment for $153,000 and receive $26.400 in return for trading in its
current equipment. The current equipment has variable manufacturing costs of $50,000 per year. The new equipment will reduce variable manufacturing
costs by $24,500 per year over its four-year life. The total increase or decrease in income by replacing the current equipment with the new equipment is:

Transcribed Image Text:Markson Company had the following results of operations for the past year:
Contribution margin income statement
Per Unit
$ 20.00
Sales (11,000 units)
Variable costs
Direct materials
Direct labor
Overhead
Contribution margin
Fixed costs
Fixed overhead
Income
4.25
6.00
2.00
7.75
4.25
$ 3.50
Annual Total
$ 220,000
46,750
66,000
22,000
85,250
46,750
$ 38,500
A foreign company offers to buy 3,500 units at $14 per unit. In addition to variable manufacturing and administrative costs, selling these units would
increase fixed overhead by $2,800 for the purchase of special tools. Markson's annual productive capacity is 16,500 units. If Markson accepts this
additional business, its profits will
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