Answer:
a. Income before advertising budget increase:
= Contribution margin - Fixed costs
= (38 * 3,600) - 79,000
= $57,800
Income after advertising budget increases:
= Sales - Variable expenses - Fixed expenses
Sales = (3,600 + 100 units) * 95 per unit
= $351,500
Variable expenses = 60% * 351,500
= $210,900
Fixed expenses = 79,000 + 8,400 advertising
= $87,400
Income = 351,500 - 210,900 - 87,400
= $53,200
b. Income decreased with the increase in advertising so<u> Advertising budget should not be increased. </u>
Answer:
$20,000
Explanation:
Calculation for the amount of retained earnings as of December 31, Year 2.
Using this formula
Retained earnings=Total cash -Notes payable-common stock
Where,
Total cash= $195,000
Notes payable= $90,500
Common stock= $84,500
Let plug in the formula
Retained earnings = $195,000 − $90,500 − $84,500
Retained earnings= $20,000
Therefore the amount of retained earnings as of December 31, Year 2 will be $20,000
Answer: A spiff
Explanation:
Spiff is actually a form of slang to refer to someone who receives an incentive for selling an item to customers on behalf of a vendor. This motivates the seller to push the vendor's items (sell them) onto its (seller's) customers. The incentive usually comes in the form of a bonus and is paid out immediately.
In this question the gourmet mustard manufacturer is the vendor, and Beverly is the seller. Beverly receives $1 for every jar of mustard she sells, which is the bonus. This motivates her to keep selling these jars on behalf of the manufacturer (vendor). This payment is immediate, as she receives it everytime she sells a jar of mustard.
Answer:
Break-even point= 150,000 hangers
Explanation:
Giving the following information:
It charges $0.04 and estimates its variable cost to be $0.01 per hanger. Laguna’s total fixed cost is $4,500 per month.
To calculate the number of hangers we need to use the following formula:
Break-even point= fixed costs/ contribution margin
Break-even point= 4,500 / (0.04 - 0.01)= 150,000 hangers
Answer: not affecting the manager's bonus
Explanation:
Under Variable costing, fixed manufacturing overhead is not charged on inventories produced or not sold for the year which means that regardless of inventory level, the relevant inventory here when it comes to calculating operating profit is the one that was sold.
The manager's bonus will therefore not change as a result of higher inventory levels. Were this absorption costing where fixed overhead was charged to inventory that was not sold, the manager's bonus would increase because the higher inventory level would absorb more of the cost.
