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  • Mar 12, 2013, 06:49 PM
    Jlgoodw727
    Relevant Costs accounting question Managerial Acct
    1.Ingham Inc. has the capacity to produce 10,000 fax machines per year. Ingham currently produces and sells 7,000 units per year. The fax machines normally sell for $100 each. Modem Products has offered to buy 2,000 fax machines from Ingham for $60 each. Unit-level costs associated with manufacturing the fax machines are $15 each for direct labor and $40 each for direct materials. Product-level and facility-sustaining costs are $50,000 and $65,000, respectively.

    a)What is Ingham's current net income?

    b) Should Ingham accept the special offer?

    this question deals with relevant costs and I think I know how to set up the first part(a)

    Revenue 7000 X 100= $700,000
    Expenses
    Unit level DL: 15 X 7,000= $105,000
    Unit level DM: 40 X 7,000= $280,000
    Product level and facility sustaining costs: $50,000 + $65,000= $115,000

    Net Income: $200,000 Profit

    My question is when considering the offer, is it correct to ignore the product level and facility sustaining costs, because they are fixed. Should I not include that cost are part a's net income at all?
  • Mar 12, 2013, 11:26 PM
    paraclete
    What you have here is an opportunity profit of $10,000. The fixed costs are, it is assumed, already absorbed by existing turnover.

    So two questions,

    Will this deal displace existing turnover?

    Can you afford the potential that that a deal like this will force down pricing in the market place?

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