Chapter 3, Problem 18CE

Provide question answer financial accounting

Sondela Crafts is a small company that specialises in the manufacture of curios to customer specifications. The company recently opened a specialised unit that is dedicated to the manufacture of a curio piece popularly known as “Ilala”. The unit is staffed by manager and various sales personnel. The unit manager is remunerated on a fixed salary basis and the sales personnel receive a fixed salary plus commission. As part of a review of the first year of operations, the unit manager has provided you with the following information as part of an effort to assess the unit’s financial viability:   Selling Price per unit                                                R600 Variable manufacturing cost per unit                       R390 Facilities rental per annum                             R1 200 000 Salaries (excluding sales commissions)        R4 000 000 The unit manager is unsure of how to deal with selling and administration expenses. She has extracted the following information from the…

General accounting