Dackers Company, a wholesaler of jeans, had the following income statement for last year: Sales (40,000 pairs at P35) P1,400,000 Cost of sales 800,000 Gross margin P 600,000 Selling expenses P350,000 Administrative expenses 190,000 540,000 Income P 60,000     Mr. Dackers informs you that the only variables costs are cost of sales and P2 per unit selling costs. All administrative expenses are fixed. In planning for the coming year, Mr. Dackers expects his selling price to remain constant, with unit volume increasing by 20%. He also forecasts the following changes in costs and is concerned about how they will affect profitability. Variable costs: Cost of goods sold up P1.50 per unit Selling costs up P0.10 per unit Fixed costs: Selling costs up P40,000 Administrative costs up P30,000       REQUIRED: 1. Compute the expected income for the coming year, assuming that all forecasts are met.  2. Determine the number of units that Dackers will have to sell in the coming year to earn the same profit as the current year.  3. Mr. Dackers is disturbed at the results of requirements 1 and 2. He asks you by how much he must raise his selling price to earn P60,000 selling 48,000 units.

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Dackers Company, a wholesaler of jeans, had the following income statement for last year:

Sales (40,000 pairs at P35) P1,400,000

Cost of sales 800,000

Gross margin P 600,000

Selling expenses P350,000

Administrative expenses 190,000 540,000

Income P 60,000

 

 

Mr. Dackers informs you that the only variables costs are cost of sales and P2 per unit selling

costs. All administrative expenses are fixed. In planning for the coming year, Mr. Dackers

expects his selling price to remain constant, with unit volume increasing by 20%. He also

forecasts the following changes in costs and is concerned about how they will affect profitability.

Variable costs:

Cost of goods sold up P1.50 per unit

Selling costs up P0.10 per unit

Fixed costs:

Selling costs up P40,000

Administrative costs up P30,000

 

 

 

REQUIRED:

1. Compute the expected income for the coming year, assuming that all forecasts are met. 

2. Determine the number of units that Dackers will have to sell in the coming year to earn the same profit as the current year. 

3. Mr. Dackers is disturbed at the results of requirements 1 and 2. He asks you by how much he must raise his selling price to earn P60,000 selling 48,000 units.

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