This year Best Company earned a disappointing 5.6% after-tax return on sales (net income/sales) from marketing 100,000 units of its only product. The company buys its product in bulk and repackages it for resale at the price of $20 per unit. Best incurred the following costs this year. Total variable unit costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $800,000 Total variable packaging costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $100,000 Fixed costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $950,000 Income tax rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25% The marketing manager claims that next year’s results will be the same as this year’s unless some changes are made. The manager predicts the company can increase the number of units sold by 80% if it reduces the selling price by 20% and upgrades the packaging. This change would increase variable packaging costs by 20%. Increased sales would allow the company to take advantage of a 25% quantity purchase discount on the cost of the bulk product. Neither the packaging change nor the volume discount would affect fixed costs, which provide an annual output capacity of 200,000 units. Required 1. Compute the break-even point in dollar sales under the (a) existing business strategy and (b) new strategy that alters both unit selling price and variable costs. (Round answers to the next whole dollar.) 2. Prepare a forecasted contribution margin income statement with two columns showing the expected results of (a) the existing strategy and (b) changing to the new strategy. The statements should report sales, total variable costs (unit and packaging), contribution margin, fixed costs, income before taxes, income taxes, and net income. Also determine the after-tax return on sales for these two strategies.

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This year Best Company earned a disappointing 5.6% after-tax return on sales (net income/sales) from
marketing 100,000 units of its only product. The company buys its product in bulk and repackages it for
resale at the price of $20 per unit. Best incurred the following costs this year. Total variable unit costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $800,000
Total variable packaging costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $100,000
Fixed costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $950,000
Income tax rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25%
The marketing manager claims that next year’s results will be the same as this year’s unless some changes
are made. The manager predicts the company can increase the number of units sold by 80% if it reduces
the selling price by 20% and upgrades the packaging. This change would increase variable packaging
costs by 20%. Increased sales would allow the company to take advantage of a 25% quantity purchase
discount on the cost of the bulk product. Neither the packaging change nor the volume discount would
affect fixed costs, which provide an annual output capacity of 200,000 units.
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1. Compute the break-even point in dollar sales under the (a) existing business strategy and (b) new strategy
that alters both unit selling price and variable costs. (Round answers to the next whole dollar.)
2. Prepare a forecasted contribution margin income statement with two columns showing the
expected results of (a) the existing strategy and (b) changing to the new strategy. The statements
should report sales, total variable costs (unit and packaging), contribution margin, fixed costs,
income before taxes, income taxes, and net income. Also determine the after-tax return on sales
for these two strategies.

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