Managerial Accounting
Managerial Accounting
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Calla Company produces skateboards that sell for $50 per unit. The company currently has the capacity to produce 90,000 skateboards per year, but is selling 80,000 skateboards per year. Annual costs for 80,000 skateboards follow.

Chapter 10, Problem 2PSA, Calla Company produces skateboards that sell for $50 per unit. The company currently has the

A new retail store has offered to buy 10,000 of its skateboards for $45 per unit. The store is in a different market from Calla’s regular customers and would not affect regular sales. A study of its costs in anticipation of this additional business reveals the following:

  • Direct materials and direct labor arc 100% variable.
  • Thirty percent of overhead is fixed at any production level from 80,000 units to 90,000 units the remaining 70% of annual overhead costs are variable with respect to volume.
  • Selling expenses are 60% variable with respect to number of units sold, and the other 40% of selling expenses are fixed.
  • There will be an additional $2 per unit selling expense for this order.
  • Administrative expenses would increase by a $1,000 fixed amount.

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