Labor Variable overhead Fixed overhead ($7,200 per month, 4,500 tacos per month) Total costs per taco 0.57 0.27 1.60 $ 3.89 One of Parkview's regular customers asked the company to fill a special order of tacos at a selling price of $3.70 each for a youth basketball tournament at the local school. Parkview has capacity to fill it without affecting total fixed costs for the month. Parkview's general manager (and owner and cook) was concerned about selling the tacos below the cost of $3.89 and has asked for your advice. Required: a. Prepare a schedule to show the impact on Parkview's profits of providing 310 tacos in addition to the regular production and sales of 4,500 tacos per month. b. Based solely on the data given, what is the lowest price per taco at which the special order can be filled without reducing Parkview's profits?
Variance Analysis
In layman's terms, variance analysis is an analysis of a difference between planned and actual behavior. Variance analysis is mainly used by the companies to maintain a control over a business. After analyzing differences, companies find the reasons for the variance so that the necessary steps should be taken to correct that variance.
Standard Costing
The standard cost system is the expected cost per unit product manufactured and it helps in estimating the deviations and controlling them as well as fixing the selling price of the product. For example, it helps to plan the cost for the coming year on the various expenses.
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