Varto Company has 8,000 units of its product in inventory that it produced last year at a cost of $157,000. This year's model is better than last year's, and the 8,000 units cannot be sold at last year's normal selling price of $42 each. Varto has two alternatives for these units: (1) They can be sold as is to a wholesaler for $80,000 or (2) they can be processed further at an additional cost of $207,800 and then sold for $280,000. (a) Prepare a sell as is or process further analysis of income effects. (b) Should Varto sell the products as is or process further and then sell them?

Varto Company has 8,000 units of its product in inventory that it produced last year at a cost of $157,000. This year's model is better than last year's, and the 8,000 units cannot be sold at last year's normal selling price of $42 each. Varto has two alternatives for these units: (1) They can be sold as is to a wholesaler for $80,000 or (2) they can be processed further at an additional cost of $207,800 and then sold for $280,000. (a) Prepare a sell as is or process further analysis of income effects. (b) Should Varto sell the products as is or process further and then sell them?

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