Scala Oil has the following information available regarding its three divisions: production, transportation and refining: Production (crude oil) Transportation (Crude oil) Refining (petrol) Variable costs: $2/barrel (of oil) Variable costs: $1/barrel Variable costs: $8/barrel Fixed costs: $6/barrel Full Cost: $8/barrel Fixed costs: $3/barrel Full Cost: $4/barrel Fixed costs: $6/barrel Full Cost: $14/barrel The division sells to the transport division. The external market will pay $13 a barrel. The division buys from the production division and sells to the refining division; the market price is $18 a barrel The external market will pay $52 a barrel. It refines at a rate of 2 barrels

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Scala Oil has the following information available regarding its three divisions: production, transportation and refining:

Production (crude oil) Transportation (Crude oil) Refining (petrol)
Variable costs: $2/barrel (of oil) Variable costs: $1/barrel Variable costs: $8/barrel
Fixed costs: $6/barrel Full Cost: $8/barrel Fixed costs: $3/barrel Full Cost: $4/barrel Fixed costs: $6/barrel Full Cost: $14/barrel
The division sells to the transport division. The external market will pay $13 a barrel. The division buys from the production division and sells to the refining division; the market price is $18 a barrel The external market will pay $52 a barrel.
It refines at a rate of 2 barrels of crude oil to 1 barrel of petrol.
     
     

a

For an output of 100 barrels of crude oil, produce profit statements indicating revenues, total costs including transferred in costs and profits for each division using:

i) market prices transfer pricing.
ii) cost plus transfer pricing (cost plus 10%).
iii) negotiated prices (from production to transport at $10 a barrel and from transport to refining at $16.75 a barrel)

 

b.
Advise the Directors of the advantages and disadvantages of the following transfer pricing practices:

o marketpricetransfers
o costplustransfers
o negotiatedpricetransfers

 

 

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