If Y division wants to have an ROI of 20%, what is the maximum transfer price it will accept from Division X if it pays for new premises?

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XYZ Company has two divisions, X and Y.  X makes product X1 and Y makes product Y+. Every unit of product Y+ requires one unit of product X1 as a component. Y purchases most of its X1 requirement from X although sometimes it makes purchases from outside suppliers.

Relevant details of products X1 and Y+ are tabulated as follows:

 

Product X1

Product Y+

Established selling price

$30

$50

Variable Cost Per Unit - Mat

8

5

Transfer price

 

30

Labor

5

3

Overhead

2

2

Total Variable Cost

15

40

Fixed Costs

500,000

225,000

Annual Outside Demand

100,000

25,000

Plant Capacity

130,000

30,000

 

Investment in Divisions: (X) $ 6,625,000 (Y) $ 1,250,000

Division Y is currently achieving an ROI below target. It’s manager blames this on the high transfer price of product X1. The manager of Division X claims that the current transfer price ($30) is appropriate since ‘it is determined by the market’. The manager of division Y argues that the transfer price for X1 should be set ‘at production cost plus a reasonable mark-up’. The manager of Division Y has made two specific proposals aimed at improving his ROI:

(a)   Pay $50,000 per year for new premises which should allow an additional 5,000 units of Y+ to be sold each year at the existing price

(b)  The management of XYZ should intervene to reduce the transfer price of the X1.

REQUIRED:

-If Y division wants to have an ROI of 20%, what is the maximum transfer price it will accept from Division X if it pays for new premises?

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