Durham Parts (DP) makes a variety of products. It is organized in two divisions, Eastern and Western. The managers for each division are paid, in part, based on the financial performance of their divisions. The Western Division normally sells to outside customers but. on occasion, also sells to the Eastern Division. When It does, corporate policy states that the price must be cost plus 25 percent to ensure a "fair" return to the selling division. Western received an order from Eastern for 1,200 units. Western's planned output for the year had been 4,800 units before Eastern's order. Western's capacity is 6,000 units per year. The costs for producing those 4,800 units follow. Materials Direct labor Other costs varying with output Fixed costs (do not vary with output) Totals Total $364,800 177,600 139,200 288,000 $ 969,600 Per Unit $76 37 29 60 $ 202 Required: a. If you are the manager of the Western Division, what unit cost would you ask the Eastern Division to pay? b. If you are the manager of the Eastern Division, what unit cost would you argue you should pay? c. What unit cost would you recommend for a sale of units from the Western Division to the Eastern Division?

Perfumes Ltd has two divisions: the Perfume Division and the Bottle Division. The company is decentralised and each division is evaluated as a profit centre. The Bottle Division produces bottles that can be used by the Perfume Division. The Bottle Division's variable manufacturing cost per unit is $3.00 and shipping costs are $0.20 per unit. The Bottle Division's external sales price is $4.00 per unit. No shipping costs are incurred on sales to the Perfume Division. The Perfume Division can purchase similar bottles in the external market for $3.50. The Bottle Division has sufficient capacity to meet all external market demands in addition to meeting the demands of the Perfume Division.   Required:   Using the general rule, determine the minimum transfer price.   Assume the Bottle Division has no excess capacity and can sell everything produced externally. Would the transfer price change?    Assume the Bottle Division has no excess capacity and can sell everything produced…

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Carol Components operates a Production Division and a Packaging Division. Both divisions are evaluated as profit centers. Packaging buys components from Production and assembles them for sale. Production sells many components to third parties in addition to Packaging. Selected data from the two operations follow: Capacity (units) Sales price Variable costsb Fixed costs a For Production, this is the price to third parties. b For Packaging, this does not include the transfer price paid to Production. Suppose Production is located in Country A with a tax rate of 30 percent and Distribution in Country B with a tax rate of 10 percent. All other facts remain the same. a. Optimal transfer price b. Transfer price c Transfer price Required: a. Current output in Production is 25,300 units. Packaging requests an additional 5,960 units to produce a special order. What transfer price would you recommend? to search b. Suppose Production is operating at full capacity. What transfer price would you…