Question

Carla Vista Company reports the following operating results for the month of August: sales $385,000 (units 5,500), variable costs $250,000, and fixed costs $94,000. Management is considering the following independent courses of action to increase net income. 1. Increase selling price by 10% with no change in total variable costs or units sold. 2. Reduce variable costs to 56% of sales. Compute the net income to be earned under each alternative. 1. Net Income $ 2. Net Income $ Which course of action will produce the higher net income

Answer 1

Answer and Explanation:

The computation is shown below:

1.  

Selling Price = Sales ÷  Units Sold

Current Selling Price = $385,000 ÷  5500

= $70

Now

Expected Selling Price per unit = $70 + ($70× 10%)

= $77

Now

Expected Sales = 5500 × $77

= $423,500

Now

Net Income = Sales - Variable Cost - Fixed Cost

= $423,500 - $250,000 - $94,000  

2.  

Sales = $385000

Variable cost = $385,000 × 56% = $215,600

Sales                     $385,000

Less: variable cost -$215,600

Contribution Margin $169,400

Les: fixed cost          -$94,000

Net Income               $75,400

As we can see that if there is an increase in Selling Price by 10% so it would produce highest Net Income.