Business
Last year, Hever Inc. had sales of $500,000, based on a unit selling price of $250. The variable cost per unit was $175, and fixed costs were $75,000. The maximum sales within Hever Inc.'s relevant range are 2,500 units. Hever Inc. is considering a proposal to spend an additional $33,750 on billboard advertising during the current year in an attempt to increase sales and utilize unused capacity. Required: 1. Construct a cost-volume-profit chart on your own paper, indicating the break-even sales for last year. Break-even sales (dollars) Break-even sales (units) 2. Using the cost-volume-profit chart prepared in part (1), determine (a) the income from operations for last year and (b) the maximum income from operations that could have been realized during the year. Income from operations Maximum income from operations 3. Construct a cost-volume-profit chart (on your own paper) indicating the break-even sales for the current year, assuming that a noncancelable contract is signed for the additional billboard advertising. No changes are expected in the unit selling price or other costs. Dollars Units
The Armer Company is accumulating data to be use in preparing its annual profit plan for the coming year. The cost behavior pattern of the maintenance costs must be determined. The accounting staff has suggested the use of linear regression to derive an equation for maintenance hours and costs. Data regarding the maintenance hours and costs for the last year and the results of the regression analysis follow: Month Maintenance Cost Machine Hours Jan. $ 4,200 480 Feb. 3,000 320 Mar. 3,600 400 Apr. 2,820 300 May 4,350 500 June 2,960 310 July 3,030 320 Aug. 4,470 520 Sept. 4,260 490 Oct. 4,050 470 Nov. 3,300 350 Dec. 3,160 340 Sum $ 43,200 4,800 Average $ 3,600 $ 400 Average cost per hour $ 9.00 a (intercept) $ 684.65 b (coefficient) 7.2884 Standard error of the estimate 34.469 R-squared 0.99724 t-value for b 60.105 Based on the data derived from the regression analysis, 420 maintenance hours in a month mean that maintenance costs should be budgeted to the nearest dollar at:________.
Exotic Engine Shop uses a job order cost system to determine the cost of performing engine repair work. Estimated costs and expenses for the coming period are as follows: Engine parts $380,000 Shop direct labor 1,872,000 Shop and repair equipment depreciation 62,500 Shop supervisor salaries 240,000 Shop property taxes 36,940 Shop supplies 10,000 Advertising expense 28,000 Administrative office salaries 150,000 Administrative office depreciation expense 8,000 Total costs and expenses $2,787,440 The average shop direct labor rate is $37.50 per hour. Determine the predetermined shop overhead rate per direct labor hour. $fill in the blank 1 per direct labor hour