Allocating Fixed Costs and Budgeting Academic Essay

Part I

Herrestad Company does produce and sell two products and the details below will be used to prepare a segmented income statement (showing the income for each product and the total) for the company. Use ABC to allocate all fixed costs to the two products.
Background information
Total    Prod A    Prod B
Beginning inventory    0
Units produced    10,000    2,500    7,500
Units sold    8,000    2,000    6,000

Selling price per unit    $255    480    180
Variable costs per unit
Direct material    100    280    40
Direct labor    60    60    60
Variable overhead    25    40    20
Variable selling and admin. exp.    10    13    9

Fixed costs
Fixed manufacturing overhead    200,000
Fixed selling and administrative    100,000

Production runs (not $)    100    65    35
Number of sales reps (not $)    25    15    10

Here are the first few lines of the segmented income statement to help you get started. Complete the statement in good format and make sure you allocate the fixed costs to the two products. When done, comment on the information and the relative profitability of the two products.
Herrestad Company
Segmented Income Statement for the period ending Dec. 31, 2015
A    B    Total
Sales    $960,000    $1,080,000    $2,040,000
Variable costs:
Direct material    560,000    240,000    800,000

Part II

Differential analysis involves knowing which costs are relevant, i.e. future costs that vary among alternatives. It is important to know what information to use and not just how to execute the analysis.

Herrestad Company receives an offer to make a new product, called C, for a new customer. The customer wants to buy 1,000 units. Product C has the same cost structure as product B with three exceptions. The new customer is only willing to pay $150 per unit, direct materials costs will decrease by $12 per unit and Herrestad does not have to incur any variable selling and administrative expenses.

Make a list of the expenses and amounts that are relevant for this decision. How much will the sale of this product contribute to the profitability of Herrestad?
What if the company only pays $140 per unit? How does this change the contribution towards profitability?

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